Lindsay Dentlinger

International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola said that government was keeping a close watch on the situation in Mozambique ahead of the festive season, when it's a popular travel destination for South Africans.

International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola said that South Africa's support of the Palestinian people was rooted in its own experience of colonialism, apartheid and the doctrine of international law.

Lamola said government's foreign policy remains unchanged and is guided by the Constitution.

South Africa will officially assume the G20 presidency from Brazil in December.

This emerged in Parliament on Wednesday where the Standing Committee of Public Accounts (SCOPA) has been probing whether the Presidency is implementing the recommendations of the SIU's investigations.

The Presidency was before Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Wednesday to update it on the action being taken against civil servants implicated in corruption.

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said that preliminary information indicated that food contamination was more widespread than just at spaza shops.

The party also said the Presidency appears toothless in ensuring public servants implicated in corruption receive a fitting punishment.

The heakth minister says there's an obsession with putting a price tag on the NHI's implementation.

On Thursday, the National Assembly's programme committee heard engineers had expressed concern about MPs' safety due to the strong south-easterly wind expected to reach a top speed of 35 kilometres an hour.