South Africa

Pretoria – The South African Post Office has released a special stamp to celebrate the life and times of the late former President Nelson Mandela.

Pretoria - The 64th and final foundation for the MeerKAT telescope antenna was completed on Tuesday at the site in Carnarvon in the Karoo.

Pretoria - The Department of Environmental Affairs’ SA Agulhas II will today return from her second relief voyage to Antarctica.

Cape Town – From 5pm today, motorists who usually use roads around the Parliamentary precinct, are advised to use alternative routes to avoid delays, as there will be numerous road closures until midnight.

Pretoria - Fishermen are urged to lodge their appeal in the long term fishing rights allocation process before the closing date on Friday, 21 February.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Education has ordered an immediate independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the tragic death of a Grade R learner at a Soweto school.

Pretoria - The Gauteng task team, responsible for probing the wave of the so-called service delivery protests in the province, is appealing to disgruntled communities to abide by the Regulation of Gatherings Act during their protest action.

Pretoria - An intergovernmental team tasked with finding solutions to the development needs of the Kgabalatsane community near Hebron, north of Pretoria, will visit the area today.

Pretoria - The four men known as the Waterkloof Four have been released on parole.

Pretoria - Ekurhuleni Executive Mayor Mondli Gungubele has launched a R101 million ward based project aimed at creating jobs and fighting poverty in the region.

Pretoria - The Presiding Officer of the Thongathi Commission of Inquiry, Phumudzo Maphaha, has brought the proceedings to a premature halt today to allow for parties to sort out representation and issues of conflict of interest.

Pretoria – South Africans have been encouraged to celebrate Freedom Friday as part of the countdown to the country’s 20 years of Freedom celebrations.

Pretoria - Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has called on South Africans to heed founding President Nelson Mandela’s call to join hands and transform inmates into worthy and respected citizens.

Pretoria - South Africa’s unemployment eased to 24.1% in the fourth quarter of 2013 from a revised 24.5% in the third quarter, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Tuesday.

Pretoria - The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has sent a team of crash and incident reconstruction and investigation experts to determine the cause of horrific crashes that claimed many lives in Mpumalanga and Limpopo.