South Africa

Pretoria – Business and government have committed almost R600 million to help improve the delivery of education in the country.

Pretoria – Home Affairs offices across the country will be open over this weekend, which is the last Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) voter registration drive.

Pretoria – Efforts by the South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA) to clamp down on social grant fraud are yielding positive results, with the agency saving R150 million per annum.

Pretoria – Operations at the mine where eight miners died on duty have been halted until the area has been declared safe.

Pretoria - South African Airways (SAA) has entered into a code share agreement with Virgin Australia.

Pretoria – North West Premier Thandi Modise has urged the residents of Majakaneng, near Brits, to give government a chance to implement its R2 billion provincial water plan before staging protests.

Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will this weekend open their 22 263 voting stations for the final registration drive which it hopes will attract 1.1 million people.

Giyani - One person has died of rabies in Limpopo this week, bringing the total number of rabies-related deaths to four in the last 10 months.

Pretoria – The mining industry has sent its condolences to the families of eight mineworkers who lost their lives following a tragic accident at Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited’s Doornkop Mine on Wednesday.

Pretoria – Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane has condemned the violent protest by community members of the Zithobeni informal settlement in Bronkhorstspruit, Tshwane.

Pretoria - The roll out of the HIV/Aids and TB programme in the Free State is on track, with 11 804 patients, including 584 children, having started the fixed-dose ARV regime from 1 April last year.

Beijing - The Syrian government says it will meet the final chemical weapons destruction deadline of June 30.

Pretoria - South African décor is back on permanent display at an American exhibition market as part of efforts by the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) to broaden the participation of small business in the economy.

Pretoria – The Investing in African Mining Indaba has awarded bursaries to four outstanding mining engineering students.

Pretoria - The Department of Mineral Resources has noted with sadness that eight bodies were recovered at Harmony’s Doornkop Gold Mine, following a fall of ground incident, which caused a fire and trapped workers underground.