South Africa

Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will today release the 2013 National Senior Certificate (NSC) matric results at the SABC in Auckland Park, Johannesburg.

The government will continue to honour military veterans for their contribution to the attainment of freedom and the establishment of the constitutional democracy in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma said Friday.

Metrorail in Gauteng confirmed on Friday that its morning train service between Johannesburg and Pretoria was derailed.

Ministerial Committee of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ Troika on Politics, Defence and Security has noted the positive developments in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with regards to the successful dislodging of the M23 rebels from that part of the DRC in October 2013.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will on Monday release the 2013 NSC Matric Results at the SABC studios.

President Jacob Zuma has thanked the Bantu Church of Christ/Ibandla likaKrestu LaBantu for the “momentous” role it played in the attainment of freedom in South Africa.

Traffic authorities have urge motorists to exercise caution on the road as traffic volumes were expected to increase this week as holiday makers start to make their way home.

As the world welcomed the new year, more than 176 babies were born in Gauteng hospitals on New Year’s Day, provincial health authorities said.

The South African Government on Tuesday condemned the attacks in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by armed forces

President Jacob Zuma says 2014 will be a momentous year for South Africa as the country marks its 20 years of freedom and democracy.

Police say they are investigating allegations of wrongful arrest of former Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni’s son.

The South African Government has condemned the terrorist attack which took in Russia on Monday which claimed the lives of more than 30 people and left scores injured.

President Jacob Zuma has declared a Special Provincial Official Funeral for the late Former Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) commander, Lieutenant-General Lehlohonolo Moloi who passed on in Gauteng last Monday.

Unidentified gunmen on Monday morning took control of the Congolese national TV (TRNC), according to the police of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The F1 world champion Michael Schumacher is still in a critical condition after being injured Sunday morning in a fall skiing in the Alps, southeast France.