South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has launched a new health science university envisaged to be ranked amongst the best in the world.

Pretoria - The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) will celebrate World Intellectual Property Day later this month.

Pretoria - The second National Imbizo Focus Week has seen government representatives, including Cabinet Ministers and their deputies, embarking on over 70 events countrywide.

Pretoria - The North West Department of Tourism is proud that the province will host the 21st edition of the South African Music Awards (SAMAs).

Pretoria - Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has arrived in Washington to advocate for the renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with South Africa as a beneficiary country.

Pretoria - Eskom has from 6am this morning implemented stage 2 load shedding.

Pretoria – Minister of Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa will on Friday host a special consultative meeting on transformation of the heritage landscape in South Africa.

Witbank – Justice and Correctional Services Deputy Minister Thabang Makwetla on Tuesday visited Witbank Correctional Centre to interact with inmates and their families as part of the rehabilitation of offenders.

Pretoria - While consolidating the traditional areas of cooperation, South Africa and China are working towards a friendship that bears a win–win cooperation that turns development into a comprehensive national strength.

Pretoria – The North West provincial government has placed three provincial departments under administration following years of financial instability and general mismanagement of budgets.

Pretoria – Government does not condone the occupation of private and state-owned land, Minister of Defence Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Tuesday.

Johannesburg - The City of Johannesburg through its partnership with City Power has unveiled a new load-limiting initiative which will help to curtail household consumption and reduce the potential of load-shedding.

Pretoria – Government has expressed its concern on the various acts of vandalism of statues and other monuments in the country.

Pretoria - Learners across South Africa will next week celebrate 21 years of electoral democracy during the annual Schools Democracy Week (SDW).

Pretoria – Additional law enforcement officers have been deployed in KwaZulu-Natal to deal with attacks on foreign nationals.