South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is readily available to answer written and oral questions in Parliament this year, the Presidency says.

Pretoria – Police have arrested a fifth suspect in connection with the plot to kill members of the task team dealing with Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir’s case.

Pretoria - After consultation with affected employees and other organised labour structures, the structure of the Crime Intelligence unit has changed, National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega said on Thursday.

Pretoria - Municipal councillors, who are found to have defaulted on their rates payments, stand to lose their jobs.

Pretoria - The decision to euthanize an elephant that flipped over a vehicle at the Kruger National Park was not taken lightly, the South African National Parks (SANParks) said on Thursday.

Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise and Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa are expected to sign a MoU and Project Implementation Plan to ease water shortages in all provincial municipalities.

Pretoria - The Department of Higher Education and Training has officially launched a White Paper on Post School Education and Training, which sets out strategies to expand on the current delivery of education and training in South Africa for the period up to 2030.

Pretoria – The recently launched Industrial Development Zone in Saldanha Bay, a harbour town situated on the south-western coast of South Africa, is already drawing investment interest.

Brits - North West Premier Thandi Modise says residents of the volatile villages around Brits will have their water supply restored by Friday.

Pretoria – The public have been invited to make inputs to the draft National Road Traffic Law Enforcement Code (NRTLEC), which is aimed at informing the implementation of government policies on road traffic management.

Pretoria - It was smooth sailing on the first day of the 2014 academic year in Gauteng, the provincial government said on Wednesday.

Pretoria – Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has called on the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) to speed up the investigation into the deaths in the Brits protests.

Johannesburg – The opening of a new secondary school in Palm Ridge, east of Johannesburg, will ease overcrowding in classrooms and resolve transport problems for learners who had to travel too far away areas to get an education.

Pretoria – As the school bell rang for the first time this year at Tiyelelani Secondary School in Soshanguve, learners were surprised to see Gauteng Health MEC Hope Papo.

Bronkhorstspruit – Learners at Mpumelelo Secondary School in Rethabiseng village in Gauteng started the 2014 academic year on a positive note, with a visit from the province’s MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi.