South Africa

Pretoria - Water and Environmental Affairs Minister, Edna Molewa, has welcomed the recent arrests and the prosecution of individuals linked to rhino poaching.

Pretoria - Energy Minister Dipuo Peters will participate in the Group of Friends on Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) High Level Event at the United Nations next week.

Johannesburg - Almost three years after hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africans continue to benefit from the tournament’s legacy projects, SASCOC President Gideon Sam said on Thursday.

Pretoria - Three suspects are expected to appear in the Cape Town Magistrates Court today in connection with illegal abalone fishing activities, said the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF).

Johannesburg - Members of Parliament in the National Council of Provinces are busy this week, assessing the impact of service delivery in Gauteng.

Mbombela - Mpumalanga residents have been warned to expect heavy rainfall on Friday and Saturday.

Pretoria – South African Airways (SAA) has scooped two major endorsements from respected industry experts - FlightStats and a leading travel trade magazine in Europe.

Pretoria - The Department of Higher Education and Training intends establishing a National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences in the next few months.

Pretoria - Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has published for public comment the regulations related to listed Threatened or Protected Species (ToPS) in Gazette No. 36375 of 16 April 2013.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has informed Parliament of the extension of the deployment of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Sudan until April 2014.

Pretoria - The North West province has put in place dedicated funding for emergency relief to mitigate the effects of drought on livestock in the province.

Pretoria - All citizens have a right to dignity as well as access to justice, says President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria – Gauteng Health MEC Hope Papo has warned senior managers in the department about “taking kickbacks leading to price hikes and delays in payments for suppliers".

Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has welcomed the arrest of the five suspects who were involved in an assault on an elderly woman in Jane Furse, Limpopo.

Cape Town – Government departments and municipalities wishing to expropriate property under a new Expropriation Bill will have to conduct a thorough investigation to prove that any expropriation will be done so in the interest of the public, or that property will be put to public use, the Deputy Minister of Public Works Jeremy Cronin says.