Cape Town - Government plans to spend over R14.2 billion over the next three years vamping up dams and water distributions systems to ensure the country maintains a sustainable water-supply, the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa said.
Pretoria - Ekurhuleni mayor Mondli Gungubele has committed his municipality to create 180 000 jobs in the next five years in direct response to President Jacob Zuma's call for job creation.
Durban - The Springboks will once again pursue a much needed morale boosting victory in the historical Port Elizabeth Tri-Nations Test.
Polokwane - Black tourism entrepreneurs from Limpopo have one day left to enter the 2012 Emerging Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year Awards (Eteya) competition.
Pretoria - EThekwini essential services workers, who fail to report for duty today, may find themselves without a job.
Pretoria - As the sun rose on Friday morning, two days after the country's fourth democratic local government elections, the results showed the African National Congress's (ANC) support seemed stable, while the opposition, Democratic Alliance (DA) may be set for its best performance yet.
Pretoria - Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu says her department will not hesitate to stop unsafe mines from operating in order to save workers' lives.
Durban - The Springboks had to draft Sharks lock Alistair Hargreaves into their starting 15 for Saturday's Tri-Nations Series Test against Australia in Sydney.
Pretoria - Following the train collusion incident that involved two Soweto bound Metrorail trains yesterday, the technical team has cleared the scene by removing the two trains to the yard in preparation for the resumption of the normal train service today.
Durban - South African youth have been given an opportunity to gain insight into the future of housing and to present their vision to Human Settlements Minister, Tokyo Sexwale, on what they would like to see happen on the South African housing landscape in 19 years' time.
Pretoria - The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) is investigating the passenger train collision which took place in Soweto yesterday.
It has been over a month since Africa's newest nation came to be. Tens of thousands of South Sudanese waved their country's flag with pride on July 9, marking the beginning of a new journey for Africa's 54th state.
Pretoria - The countdown to this year's United Nations Climate summit in Durban has begun, with exactly 100 days left before delegates descend on the city for one of the biggest gatherings on climate change in history.
Pretoria - The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Lindiwe Sisulu, has warned poachers that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will return fire with fire in the Kruger National Park and other areas along the border.
Mbombela- South Africa is going for gold - literally. Team South Africa flew out on Friday to compete in the five-day 2011 World Gold Panning Championships that start in Zlotoryja, Poland, on Tuesday.
