South Africa

Pretoria - The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) Canoeists have received silver medals for finishing 15th at the Dusi Marathon in Durban.

Mbombela - The University of Mpumalanga (UMP) will officially be opened for learning on Wednesday.

Pretoria – The Department of Correctional Services has launched an investigation into the conduct of two of the Waterkloof Four.

Pretoria - Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor has called on members of the public to comment on the Draft Immigration Regulations.

Pretoria - An investigation has been launched following the discovery of a body on board a South African Airways (SAA) aircraft in the United States.

Cape Town – Centralising government’s tender system will go a long way in rooting out corruption in the public service, President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday.

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma says his State of the Nation Address earlier this week was a platform for him to give a report on what his administration had done in the past five years as well as an account of what had been achieved in the 20 years of democracy.

Pretoria – North West Premier Thandi Modise has appealed to the communities of Swartruggens and Koster to give the provincial government time to investigate the allegations of maladministration, nepotism and corruption which have been made against the Kgetleng Rivier Local Municipality.

Pretoria – The Gauteng Department of Health says its intensive educational campaign to raise awareness around sexual transmitted illnesses (STIs) is beginning to bear fruit.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Executive Council (Exco) has called on young people who have not yet registered to vote in the upcoming national and provincial general elections, to do so before the date is published in the Government Gazette.

Cape Town – Mcebisi Nxedlana’s parents never had the opportunity to go to school and many times the 20-year-old himself wanted to drop out so he could get a job and help his struggling family.

Cape Town – Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile has encouraged South Africans, especially those that were close to or were part of the liberation struggle, to write more books about the political history of the country.

Pretoria - The Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Lechesa Tsenoli, is to host the Minister for Local Government in the State of Palestine, Saed AlKoni nex

Pretoria – The Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, has welcomed the sentence handed down in the Wynberg Regional Court to a man for practicing ukuthwala, calling it a step in the right direction in fighting such harmful practices.

Pretoria - Daniel Mminele has been reappointed as a Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank for a period of five years.