Pretoria - There are many causes that First Lady Thobeka Madiba-Zuma is passionate about. But, fighting breast cancer is one that might be closest to her heart. Her message to women is clear: Early detection of breast and cervical cancer can save your life.
Cape Town - A call has been made to South Africans to use Heritage Day to celebrate diversity and to reach outside their comfort zone to discover and embrace other cultures.
Pretoria - Gauteng will make the most of Heritage Month by profiling the legacy of the struggle for liberation, among other activities.
Pretoria - The Charlotte Maxeke Hospital will get new lifts to replace the old and outdated lifts in Blocks 1 and 2.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma and Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula have extended their congratulations to Ernie Els after winning the British Open 2012.
Pretoria - The day 34 striking miners were killed in clashes with police in Marikana will always be remembered by South Africans, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has conveyed his condolences to the families of the eight South African citizens killed when a suicide bomber blew herself up in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday.
Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma and MPs from across the political spectrum hailed Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma for her years of hard work and dedication to serving South Africa, and said she would be sorely missed.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated India's Congress heavyweight and former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on being elected the 13th President of India.
Pretoria - Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula led Team SA in the South African flag-raising ceremony at the Olympic Village in London on Monday.
Pretoria - Banyana Banyana are expected to make the nation proud when they face Sweden in their most crucial opening match of the 2012 London Olympic Games in Coventry, England, at 8pm, South African time.
Pretoria - Ghanaians are in mourning following the death of President John Evans Atta Mills, who passed away on Tuesday.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is in Seychelles for the Madagascar mediation talks aimed at tackling the critical issues blocking the island's path to new elections.
Washington DC - "I play before capacity crowds and get an awful sense of fulfillment from that. But the emotion cannot compare to listening to Florence this morning," so said Sir Elton John at a Congressional Global Aids breakfast meeting he hosted yesterday in the Kennedy Caucus Room in partnership with UNAIDS.
Washington DC - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe on Tuesday concluded his participation at the 19th International Aids Conference here in Washington satisfied and hopeful that part of his mission - making a case for a continued partnership framework on HIV and Aids with the United States - has been achieved.
