South Africa

Pretoria – The City of Tshwane will plant wild olive trees along the A Re Yeng construction sites as a means of ploughing back into the environment.

Mbombela - The Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) has launched an investigation into the theft of more than 100 rhino horns that were stolen from a secure safe at the agency's premises over the Easter weekend.

Pretoria - Defence and Military Veterans Director General Tsepe Motumi and the Deputy Director General: Corporate Services, General Lifeni Make, have been placed on special leave.

Pretoria - The Pilanesberg Bulk Water Supply Scheme, which will benefit 57 villages in the Moses Kotane and Rustenburg Local Municipalities, will be launched today.

Pretoria – Free State MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, Mosebenzi Zwane, has condemned the brutal killing of holiday makers at a Harrismith guesthouse over the Easter weekend.

Pretoria – The Gauteng school health programme has received a boost with the donation of a mobile clinic that will be used by health workers to screen children for conditions that compromise their learning.

Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will today start his four-day working visit to the United Kingdom, where he is expected to engage with the business community.

Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Minister Dr Blade Nzimande says work is underway towards the establishment of the new comprehensive health and allied sciences university.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Willies Mchunu, has lauded the marginal decrease in the number of road fatalities in the province during the Easter weekend.

Pretoria – Police in Limpopo have nabbed a gang of six men suspected of planning to hold up staff at a business premises and blowing up an ATM.

Mbombela - More than 700 illegal taxis and buses were impounded while travelling through Mpumalanga over the Easter weekend.

Pretoria – Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has ordered senior SAPS officers to intensify investigations into major drug lords throughout the country.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has condemned the brutal murder of councillor Neliswa Nzuza of the Indaka Local Municipality over the Easter weekend.

Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has called on communities not to heed calls for them to stay away from the polls on May 7.

Durban – Ministers in the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster say they are confident that the upcoming general election will be conducted in a peaceful environment in KwaMashu and Wembezi in KwaZulu-Natal.