South Africa

Pretoria – The Managing Director: Wholesale and Networks at Telkom, Bashier Sallie, has resigned.

Fifty years ago Dr Martin Luther King Jrn delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. In it he envisioned a new country where people would "not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character". Thousands of people from across the globe last week marked the 50th anniversary of the speech delivered on 28 August 1963.

Pretoria - The North West Provincial Government is in the process of finalising a provincial liquor policy which it will use to inform a Provincial Liquor Bill aligned to the National Liquor Act 59 of 2003.

Pretoria - The government of South Africa has undertaken to bring about renewed hope and ease the human suffering in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by donating R3 million.

Pretoria - Acting President Jeff Radebe has expressed shock and sadness following the death of 27 people in a fatal collision in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, on Thursday evening.

Pretoria – As the country gears up to celebrate the centenary of the most iconic building in the capital city of Pretoria, Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile says changes will be made at the Union Buildings to reflect the democratic South Africa.

Saint Petersburg – G20 leaders meeting here last night called a working dinner to discuss the escalating political situation in Syria.

Johannesburg – Parliamentarians from Commonwealth states must fight to eradicate poverty, inequality and unemployment to bring development to all its citizens.

Mahikeng - The North West provincial government has committed to deliver all textbooks and study materials for the 2014 academic year before the end of November this year.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Collins Chabane, to attend to the challenges at Walter Sisulu University (WSU) in the Eastern Cape.

Pretoria – Cabinet has approved the publication of a bill that will pave the way for the Khoi-San people to be recognised.

Johannesburg – Overcrowding on Metrorail trains and train cancellations, which always leave commuters stranded in Gauteng, will be a thing of the past, thanks to the newly revamped 10M5 commuter trains.

Pretoria – Cabinet has approved the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill, which proposes the deadline for all land claims to be extended to 2018.

Pretoria - South Africa says it supports the destruction of cluster munitions stocks in compliance with the Convention of Cluster Munitions.

Cabinet welcomes the launch of the Public Service Charter and commends public service unions and the State as the employer on the commitments made through this Charter.