South Africa

Durban - South Africans turned out in their numbers on Monday to welcome senior Springboks and management home - proving that win or lose, they are behind the men in green and gold.

Pretoria - Some 100 refugees in Libya rallied in the capital Tripoli on Monday, demanding assistance from the ruling authorities to return home, as the violent domestic conflict seems to have entered its last stage.

Pretoria - Crime Line, the anonymous tip-off service, is fast approaching the 2 000 mark in arrests ahead of its fifth anniversary in June.

Pretoria - Dr Sekwaila Masenya is a young medical doctor at Helen Joseph Hospital, who is passionate about saving peoples' lives but recently when her shift starts, she wonders if she will return home alive.

Pretoria -The South African Football Association (Safa) has officially filed a protest letter to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) following the controversial 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals.

Pretoria - Deputy Human Settlement Minister, Zou Kota-Fredericks, says the formalisation of 206 informal settlements in the country has been completed.

Pretoria - The Department of Labour's Compensation Fund (CF) is undertaking a major decentralisation drive in an effort to improve the fund's operational efficiency.

Mbombela - Nearly 500 young people from Mpumalanga have graduated from the National Youth Service skills development programme.

Pretoria - The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries aims to establish 50 000 commercially-orientated smallholder farmers focusing on homelands.

Pretoria - South Africa and Cuba have signed a R350-million Economic Assistance Package Agreement geared towards helping that country improve its food security,

Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma today called on the media to provide space for the government to get its message out, even if media owners disagreed with the views expressed.

Pretoria - The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is in the process of transforming Colleges of Agriculture into national Agricultural Training Institutes (ATIs).

Pretoria - Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has commended the multibillion rand contribution made by the Motor Industry Development Programme (MIDP) into the sector over the years.

Pretoria- The University of the Free State (UFS) graduation ceremony tickets, where American television host and actress, Oprah Winfrey will receive an honorary Doctorate in Education, were snapped up a few hours after they become available on Wednesday.

East London - Eastern Cape Premier Noxolo Kiviet has urged South African citizens to provide accurate, truthful and honest information to Stats SA officials who are currently conducting the 2011 Census count.