South Africa

Pretoria - Johannesburg residents have been encouraged to save power as part of the Earth Hour Challenge.

Pretoria - The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has urged South Africans to participate in the public hearings on the Agricultural Product Standards Amendment Bill.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday visited residents of Lodewyk P. Spies Home for the Elderly in Eersterust, Pretoria East, where he interacted with them after assessing the state of the home.

Pretoria – Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has urged social workers to make positive values an essential part of social work practice.

Pretoria - Despite grappling with several challenges, municipalities have a good story to tell in building sustainable communities, says National Executive Committee chairperson of the South African Local Government Association (Salga), Mpho Nawa.

Pretoria - South African companies have been urged to take up the favourable opportunities offered by Moscow and expand their product footprint.

Pretoria - The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) has invited companies to participate in the Outward Selling and Investment Mission to Vietnam and Philippines.

Pretoria - Government is embarking on a three-year mass tuberculosis (TB) screening campaign that will help to reduce the number of new infections and related deaths.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will this morning open the Black Industrialists Indaba as part of government’s commitment to develop black industrialists in the country.

Paris - An Airbus A320 of the German airline, Germanwings, has crashed in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, southern France.

Pretoria – The 2015 Physical Education Symposium is expected to encourage physical education at all schools.

Midrand – President Jacob Zuma has applauded municipalities that are going the extra mile to serve communities more effectively.

Pretoria - Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mduduzi Manana, says he is satisfied with progress made on infrastructure at Sol Plaatje University in the Northern Cape.

Pretoria - The South African government has extended its condolences to the government and people of Singapore following the death of their founding father Lee Kuan Yew.

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education (DBE) says the implementation of the 1+4 teacher development plan, aimed at boosting performance in the senior phase, will go ahead.