South Africa

Pretoria - Mineral Resources Minister, Advocate Ngoako Ramathlodi, has appealed for an end to the four month strike in the platinum belt.

Pretoria - The country’s Deputy President, including the 35 new ministers, were sworn in today.

Pretoria - The newly formed Department of Women has welcomed the appointment of Minister Susan Shabangu as its new political head.

Pretoria - Government has advised people, who want to follow the developments around the new Cabinet on social media, to access their Twitter and Facebook accounts via the respective departmental websites.

Pretoria - A 33-year-old man, who was on the run after the brutal murder of his two-year-old daughter, in Madibeng village in Bolobedu, Limpopo, has handed himself to police.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says government is moving closer to its target of having more women in Cabinet and the national executive.

Pretoria – The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has refuted media reports that it intends introducing new toll roads in KwaZulu-Natal.

Pretoria - Limpopo is on track with the preparations for this year’s initiation schools programme, the provincial Department of Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs announced on Monday.

Pretoria – Western Cape Premier Helen Zille and her MECs were sworn in into office this morning.

Pretoria - The creation of a small business ministry as well as the ministerial appointments made by President Jacob Zuma has been welcomed by business.

Pretoria - The Ministry of Finance on Monday warned the public that a Twitter account, set up in the name of newly appointed Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene, was a counterfeit.

Pretoria - The newly announced Cabinet will be sworn into office at the Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria today.

Pretoria – Dealing with the alarming figures of youth unemployment, enforcing labour policies and promoting rural development are amongst the areas that need closer attention, says President Jacob Zuma.

Fellow South Africans,

Ladies and gentlemen of the media,

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has announced the creation of new ministries in a bid to transform the economy and to restore the confidence of foreign investors in the country.