South Africa

Cape Town - The wait is finally over for the Class of 2011, as matriculants sit for their first written examination this morning.

Pretoria - The Department of Energy has released for public comment regulations that provide for an al

Pretoria - The decision by bank rating agency Moody's Investor service to downgrade the stability rating of South African banks from "stable" to "negative" demonstrated the "superficial" way in which world rating agencies tend to conduct their assessments, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said.

Pretoria - A bit nervous but confident - that was the general feeling of matric pupils at Hoerskool Waterkloof as they prepared to write English Paper 1 on Monday.

Bloemfontein - People living with disabilities say they would much rather be employed and earn money instead of living off hand-outs and government's disability grant.

Mthatha - President Jacob Zuma swapped his suit for a set of overalls during the launch of a rural development initiative in the Eastern Cape this weekend.

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Durban - Thousands of people from around the world took to the streets of Durban on Saturday to call for action on climate change as the second week of negotiations are about to begin at COP17.

Soweto - It is an anxious day for the thousands of matrics from underperforming schools sitting for the first written exam this morning - English Paper 1.

Johannesburg - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says transformation in all sporting codes is non-negotiable and is a Constitutional mandate and part of government's agenda.

Pretoria - New National Police Commissioner General Mangwashi Victoria Phiyega says she is humbled by her appointment and has called on South Africans to give her time to prove herself.

Pretoria - A Gauteng child has been paralysed as a result of a rare complication from polio vaccination, said the Department of Health.

Durban - Solutions to climate change challenges can come from virtually anywhere, and now a challenge has been put to software developers to come up with innovative ways to deal with the global phenomenon.

Vereeniging - Eskom has embarked on a pilot project that will see it using the power of the sun to generate electricity at three of its facilities.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says new ways of producing goods -- which will reduce both the economy's use of energy and emissions from energy production -- have to be found.