South Africa

King William’s Town – More than 10 000 police will be deployed throughout the Eastern Cape to ensure that the election process takes place peacefully, says the provincial SAPS.

Pretoria - Government has reiterated its call to all South Africans to participate in the 2014 elections on Wednesday, May 7.

Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has appealed to voters to respect the privacy and secrecy of their vote by refraining from taking pictures in the ballot booth and of their marked ballot papers in this week’s election.

Pretoria - With only two days to go before South Africans take to the polls, the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) says law enforcement agencies have to date arrested 63 people in 84 reported cases that contravene various sections of the Electoral Act.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has determined 1 May 2014 as the date on which several sections of the Traditional Health Practitioners Act shall come to operation.

Pretoria – South Africa is participating in the 11th edition of the International Film Festival in Western Sahara (FiSahara) which kicked off on Wednesday in the Wilaya of Dakhla, Sahrawi refugee camps.

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has on Saturday hosted her Palestinian counterpart,Dr Raid Malki in Pretoria.

Pretoria – Government has condemned in the strongest terms the kidnapping of 230 girls from a school in the town of Chibok, in northern Nigeria.

Bekkersdal - Government says it will have a zero-tolerance approach towards those who attempt to disrupt the upcoming general election on May 7.

Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has welcomed the seizure of an assortment of dangerous weapons during a police operation at the Sondela informal settlement near Rustenburg on Saturday.

Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has released three mobile phone applications (apps) to enhance voter education and information ahead next Wednesday’s general

Pretoria – Government has opened a Port of Entry Control Centre at the Cape Town Harbour, which introduces a new way of managing ports.

Pretoria - A new and bigger universal ballot paper template has been developed for visually impaired voters for them to vote without assistance in the May 7 general elections, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) announced on Friday.

Pretoria - The Department of Labour will next week hold nationwide public hearings on the contract cleaning sector which will review the minimum wage for the sector.

Itsoseng - It is all systems go as far as safety and security is concerned for the 2014 general elections that will take place on May 7, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Friday.