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South Africa is busy setting up 11 new visa facilitation centres, managed by international outsourcing services specialist VFS Global, in order to streamline services for foreign nationals applying for visa extensions or changes in South Africa while tightening the country's security.

A consortium led by British company Globeleq launched two solar power plants, representing a combined investment of R3-billion, in the Northern Cape this week. The De Aar and Droogfontein solar photovoltaic plants will together add 100 MW of renewable energy to South Africa's national grid.

The England Lions, England's A team, will play two four-day test matches and five limited overs matches against South Africa A in January and February next year, Cricket South Africa and the England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Wednesday. South Africa A will tour England in 2017.

From the traditional artefacts of ancient cultures to the cutting-edge work of today's practitioners, South Africa's art museums and galleries offer visitors a rich artistic feast.

A South African lad from the Northern Cape province has been named the co-winner of a competition that invited children to design a helmet for Andy Green, the daredevil who will be attempting to break his own land speed record in 2014.
• Bloodhound brings world focus to SA

Among teachers, pupils and parents, the work of the Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development has become known as the "Magic Classroom Collective".
• Schools to benefit for Mandela Day

KZN’s Border Cave is an anthropological treasure trove which has yielded an continuous record of occupation – including the world's oldest mathematical instrument – for the last 120 000 years.
• New fox species found at Malapa

Communications Minister Dina Pule launched the demonstration of South Africa's digital terrestrial televison (DTT) technology in the Northern Cape on Wednesday, ahead of the December launch of the country's migration from analogue to digital TV broadcasting.

Through the lenses of a group of French and South African photographers, the Social Landscape Project is gathering images that capture what South Africans think about issues around land, ownership and belonging.
• Liliesleaf: keeping the memory alive

The Springboks gave Heynecke Meyer a winning start in his first match as national coach, beating England 22-17 in Durban on Saturday evening. The teams were level after an intense first half, but the Boks lifted their game after a half-time blasting from the coach.