South Africa

Pretoria - As the country slowly rebounds from the global economic crisis, the Limpopo provincial government is making great strides in terms of job creation.

Pretoria - The Hawks have arrested a second suspect in connection with the killing of two Western Cape policemen.

Pretoria - Cabinet spokesperson Jimmy Manyi and parliamentary journalists met on Monday night in a first-of-its-kind gathering since Manyi took up the position.

Cape Town - An inspectorate to fight fraud and corruption in provinces and municipalities has been set up, the acting Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nathi Mthethwa, said on Tuesday.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, has called on health professionals and community leaders to work with the department to help prolong the lives of South Africans.

Durban - Gerhard Mostert will make his Springbok debut and is one of four changes to South Africa's starting XV for Saturday's Tri-Nations Test against New Zealand in Wellington.

Pretoria - The South African economy showed growth in the first quarter of 2011 of 4.8 percent, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Tuesday.

Pretoria - The Bavarian State Government has made a pledge to assist the Gauteng Provincial Government to integrate young people without school leaving qualifications into working life.

Pretoria - Gauteng province is to clamp down on all shebeens, taverns, pubs and other liquor traders who are violating the law by, among other things, selling alcohol to underage consumers.

Pretoria - Government has unveiled a series of measures which it says will help the country alleviate poverty and speed up job creation.

Pretoria - The Presidency says it "accepts and respects" the judgment of the Constitutional Court in the matter of the unconstitutionality and invalidity of Section 8 (a) of the Judges' Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act.

Pretoria - Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) say they will demand the Algerian government to hand over Muammar Gaddafi's family so that they can be trialed in Libyan courts.

Pretoria - Sports and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula strongly believes the national rugby team, the Springboks, will retain their championship title at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.

Pretoria - Motorists will have to dig deeper into their pockets as petrol is set to increase by 17 cents, the Energy Department said on Friday.

Pretoria - The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ebrahim Ebrahim, co-chaired a successful 9th SA-Cuba Joint Consultative Mechanism (JCM) meeting on Monday with his counterpart, Marcelino Medina Gonzalez in Cuba.