South Africa

Cape Town – The faces of senior citizens at the Imizamo Home for the Aged, in Hout Bay, lit up after they were visited by Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown, on Mandela Day.

Pretoria - Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs, Barbara Thompson, has dedicated her 67 minutes for Madiba to collecting waste, separating it for recycling and diverting it away from a landfill site.

Pretoria – Health Deputy Minister Joe Phaahla says Mandela Day should serve as a reminder of where South Africa comes from as a nation.

Pretoria – Although the Father of the Nation has gone, the Madiba magic still lives on in the hearts of South Africans who chose to clean-up the streets of Marabastad, in the City of Tshwane, on Friday.

Pretoria – National Treasury says South Africa has successfully priced and concluded a US$1 billion 30-year and €500 million 12-year bond issuance in the international capital markets.

Pretoria – Social Development Minister, Bathabile Dlamini, has appointed a committee to comprehensively tackle the human rights challenges facing people with disabilities in the country.

Mthatha – Six months ago, residents of Qunu were in mourning, following the death of the village’s son and former South African President Nelson Mandela.

Cape Town – Sports and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula says a majority of his department’s budget will be set aside to support grass-root development.

Pretoria – The Department of Basic Education (DBE) will today launch its Book Flood Campaign in celebration of International Nelson Mandela Day.

Pretoria – South Africans have heeded the call to dedicate 67 minutes of their time to clean their communities on Mandela Day on Friday.

Pretoria - The Reserve Bank has decided to raise the repo rate by 25 basis points, taking it to 5.75%, Governor Gill Marcus said on Thursday.

Mthatha - All schools should have laboratories and learners should be able to use gadgets like Ipads for learning and communicating, Deputy Minister of Communications Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams said on Thursday.

Pretoria - South Africa has hailed the establishment of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) and Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA), adding that all resolutions and declarations taken at the summit were done on an equal basis.

Pretoria - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin Gordhan has set the bar high for municipalities, saying they must have sound financial management in the next five years.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has hailed the establishment of the first BRICS Development Bank as "an everlasting legacy that will change the face of global economics and the face of all the developing world for the better.”