South Africa

From today until Friday pupils across the country will be sitting for the fourth Annual National Assessments (ANA).

Pretoria - South Africa is committed to collaborating with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to ensure that relations are strengthened.

Pretoria- A South African-led observer mission is to be deployed to Lesotho for three months with the hope that stability will prevail and enable the mountain kingdom to hold elections.

Pretoria - Officials from the South African Mission in Lagos, in Nigeria, are still liaising with rescue workers and government authorities to establish whether any South African citizens are affected by the collapsed church building there.

Pretoria - An emergency meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional leaders, which is discussing the pressing political and security issues in Lesotho and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is currently underway in Pretoria.

Johannesburg – South Africa will next month host the 35th Annual Crime Stoppers Conference which will see the global crime fighting community converge in Cape Town.

Johannesburg – More than 3000 arrests have been made during 2007 and 2014 as a direct result of tip-offs received via Crime Stop and Crime Line combined.

Pretoria - Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant and her Chinese counterpart, Yin Weimin, on Monday met to thrash out matters related to improving human resource development in both countries.

Pretoria - The Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has obtained an order in the North Gauteng High Court freezing a cash amount of US$9.34 million - about R102 million - that was confiscated at Lanseria Airport in Johannesburg.

Pretoria – Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says government will continue to put the needs of the people first as the country marks Thusong Service Centre Week.

Pretoria - Statistician-General Pali Lehohla says while the number of black youth in employment has grown over the last 20 years, the acquisition of skills has not grown at the same rate within this group.

Pretoria – Residents living in the north of Pretoria will be able to make use of a specialised burns unit at the George Mukhari Academic Hospital, in GaRankuwa, by the end of the year.

Pretoria - The Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Performance, Monitoring, Evaluation and Administration, Jeff Radebe, will from now on hold weekly media briefings.

Pretoria - South African Poet Laureate, Professor Keorapetse Kgositsile, will hold a poetry reading session at the National Library with his Jamaican counterpart poet Laureate, Professor Emeritus Mervyn Morris, on Tuesday.

Pretoria – National Treasury has announced the approval of a package to support Eskom to ensure that the energy security of the country is maintained, as well as supporting GDP growth.