South Africa

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Education has launched an operation aimed at ensuring that all outstanding invoices exceeding 30 days are settled.

Pretoria - Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Elizabeth Thabethe is in Turkey where she is leading a delegation of South African businesspeople on an Outward Selling and Investment Mission to the cities of Istanbul and Izmir until Friday.

Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise expressed her shock after two girls aged two and three suffocated to death while playing in an old unused car in Henryville, outside Zeerust over the weekend.

Pretoria - Deputy Justice Minister Andries Nel has welcomed the appointment of Fatou Bensouda as the International Criminal Court's new prosecutor.

Pretoria - Durban will roll out the red carpet at a parade today to welcome delegates arriving ahead of next week's historic climate change conference.

East London - Life-saving equipment used to successfully detect and treat cervical cancer has officially been handed to the Eastern Cape Health Department.

East London - Life-saving equipment used to successfully detect and treat cervical cancer has officially been handed to the Eastern Cape Health Department.

Pretoria - Cabinet has commended South Africa's labour, business and civil society for partnering with government in signing the Green Economy Accord, which it said strengthened the country's position leading up to the Durban COP17 conference next week.

Pretoria - Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, will spend this year's National Children's Day empowering children with information on global warming and climate change.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has welcomed the country's National Development Plan (NDP) which was released by the National Planning Commission recently.

Pretoria - Over three million children are currently orphaned in South Africa, according to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA).

East London - Eastern Cape Transport MEC Thandiswa Marawu's first year in office has seen her make some major reshuffles in the department's leadership.

Pretoria - Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor has handed over 410 specially designed housing units to the Kleinmond community in Cape Town.

Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has called for tough action to be taken against police officers involved in incidents of rape.

Pretoria - Cabinet has disagreed with a decision by bank rating agency Moody's Investor Service to downgrade the rating of South African banks from "stable" to "negative", saying its economic policies were supportive of growth and competiveness.