South Africa

Pretoria – The Mpumalanga water programme has provided water to a total of 24 villages in Bushbuckridge, benefiting 15 000 households in the municipality.

Pretoria - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has reiterated that it does not have any military deployment in Nigeria.

Pretoria – Paralympian Oscar Pistorius's court bid to prevent the State from appealing his conviction in the Supreme Court of Appeal has been turned down.

Pretoria – Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Buti Manamela, says more needs to be done to address the current backlog of skills deficiency among the youth.

Pretoria - The Department of Communications (DoC) is set to publish the final Broadcasting Digital Migration (BDM) policy in the Government Gazette next week.

Pretoria - Paralympian Oscar Pistorius’s legal team are heading to the High Court in Johannesburg this morning to appeal a ruling by Judge Thokozile Masipa that granted the state leave to appeal the former athlete's conviction of culpable homicide.

Pretoria - A joint operation between detectives from the South African Police Service’s Family Violence and the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the arrest of an Eastern Cape man for possession, manufacturing and distribution of child pornography.

The past few months have indeed been momentous for our country, marked by two significant events in its history. Two weeks ago, our country witnessed a significant moment when we brought back the remains of our two struggle veterans, JB Marks and Moses Kotane, from the foreign land where they lay for decades, to be reburied on home soil, where they can rest in eternity.

Pretoria – Leaders from the public and private sectors will get an opportunity to debate what constitutes ethical and good governance in daily businesses at an upcoming Department of Trade and Industry (dti) conference.

Pretoria - Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has welcomed Eskom’s decision to launch an independent inquiry into the way it conducts business.

Pretoria – The North West Department of Education and Sports Development has received the largest portion of the 2015/16 provincial budget of R13.4 billion.

Johannesburg – Gauteng Premier David Makhura says the province is hard at work to transform itself into a globally competitive economy and socially integrated destination.

Pretoria - Government says it has continued to make strides in improving access to higher education and training for students from poor families through the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).

Pretoria – The North West provincial government has set aside R3 million for the erection of statues of J.B. Marks and Moses Kotane.

Johannesburg – The two-day Agro-Processing Industry Summit has kicked off in Kliptown, Soweto.