South Africa

Pretoria - Emergency personnel have managed to bring a fire under control, which broke out at the Struisbult Care Centre in Springs, leaving 12 people dead and 27 injured.

Durban - The Springboks' bid for Rugby World Cup history has been overturned following their 9-11 loss to Australia in the quarter-final at Wellington.

Pretoria - Headline earnings per share for Telkom fell by 35.2 percent to 444.9 cents while normalized operating revenue is down 5.2 percent for the year ended March 2011.

Pretoria - The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has reassured the public that no essential healthcare services will be disrupted on Wednesday when healthcare workers march to demand improved security at public hospitals.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Friday unveil the Hydrostatic Pressure Test for Unit 6 at the Medupi Power Station in Limpopo.

Pretoria - An integrated programme aimed at improving the health status of communities and promoting healthy living will be among the issues of focus during a two-day Provincial Health Consultative Forum in the North West.

Pretoria - Transport Minister Ben Martins has announced that 1 465 people lost their lives on the country's roads during the festive season.

Durban - Peter de Villiers has indicated that he will step down as the Springboks coach after a challenging four-year tenure.

Cape Town - Government has set about identifying key sectors from which it will buy only locally-produced goods, when new procurement regulations come into effect later this year, the Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies, said today.

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Health and Social Development, Ntombi Mekgwe and Ekurhuleni Executive Mayor Mondli Gungubele have made an earnest appeal to the public to lend a helping hand to the Struisbult care centre, which was gutted by fire.

Pretoria - Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has called on South Africans to regard mental health as an integral part of overall individual health and wellbeing ahead of World Mental Health Day.

Pretoria - South Africans are being called on to register their SIM cards ahead of the 30 June 2011 deadline.

Pretoria - With less than 50 days to the kick-off of the 17th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP17), South Africa is well on track with its preparations for the conference.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated the President of the Republic of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, on her being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011.

Ekurhuleni - Municipalities need to prepare themselves and come up with initiatives to mitigate the effects of climate change, says Councillor Thabo Manyoni, chairperson of South African Local Government Association.