South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has declared special official funerals for the late national liberation heroes, Moses Kotane and JB Marks.

Pretoria – Eskom says it will continue to implement load shedding today until the evening.

Pretoria – The Presidency says the practice of limiting land ownership by foreign nationals is an established practice internationally.

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma says he wants the beneficiaries of his trust to compile their stories into a book so that they can inspire others with how their determination changed their lives.

Pretoria - An exciting international exhibition, Shared Sky, was opened by Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor at the Iziko South African National Gallery, earlier today.

Pretoria – The Chamber of Mines of South Africa has welcomed government’s plans to revitalise distressed mining towns in the country, as announced by President Jacob Zuma during his State of the Nation Address.

Pretoria - Southern African Development Community (SADC) Facilitator and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will return to Lesotho for two days as the 28 February polls nears.

Pretoria - The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) has welcomed the positive tone of the State of Nation Address (SONA) delivered by President Jacob Zuma.

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma says he will undertake a fact-finding mission to understand why power stations in the country, some of which have collapsed in recent times, have gone for long periods without being maintained properly.

Cape Town – Agriculture Minister Senzeni Zokwana has welcomed President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), saying that it highlighted government’s plans to transform the economy and deal with poverty and unemployment.

Government says it is "disappointed and disgusted" at what it described as the "despicable" conduct of some elected public representatives.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says the year 2015 will mark the beginning of the first phase of broadband roll out in South Africa to give the economy of the country a major push.

Pretoria - While some of the loss-making South African Airways (SAA) international routes will be phased out - this will be done in a responsible way, that does not have a negative effect, says President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - In an effort to accelerate the rollout of the new Smart ID Card, government has partnered with local banks, President Zuma announced on Thursday.

President Jacob Zuma delivered the State Of the Nation Address on Thursday night, declaring that, while there were challenges, South Africa was on solid footing.