South Africa

Polokwane - More than 81 percent of the people living in Limpopo now have access to electricity, according to province's 15 Year Review Report released on Wednesday.

Johannesburg -The Constitutional Court has ruled that South African citizens abroad who are registered to vote will be allowed to vote in the 22 April general elections.

Pretoria - More than 100 motorists, mostly taxi operators, have been arrested in Johannesburg's Central Business District for reckless and negligent driving as a result of Operation Nomakanjani.

Cape Town – Government is stepping up its efforts to fight tuberculosis (TB) in prisons, mines and schools.

Pretoria – Small-scale fisheries of the West Coast region are poised for economic revitalisation, with the Department of Trade and Industry’s support of more than R11million in the sector for the region through its Fishing Cluster Project.

Pretoria - South Africans achieved a massive 629MW average reduction on their electricity usage during this year’s Earth Hour on Saturday, said Eskom.

Pretoria - South Africa beat the Central African Republic (CAR) 2-0 in vital match at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday night.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will receive the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping and the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, on Tuesday, said the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco).

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is to hold a media briefing on Monday ahead of the upcoming fifth Brics Summit in Durban.

Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has expressed shock at the death of well-known dog breeder, Eric Labuschane, whose body was found a week after his murder.

Pretoria - Retired specialist paediatric oncologist, Professor Cyril Karabus, has thanked his family, government and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, among others, for their role in his case, where he was recently absolved of wrongdoing in the death of a three-year-old.

Pretoria - The Supreme Court of Appeal’s decision to set aside the murder convictions and sentence of taxi driver, Jacob Humphreys, is disappointing, says Western Cape Transport and Public Works MEC, Robin Carlisle.

Johannesburg - The Gauteng Department of Health has confirmed four more cases of meningitis and restated that only one person has died from the disease in the province.

Pretoria - President Kgalema Motlanthe has assured the National House of Traditional Leaders that government, under a new administration, will remain committed to strengthening the House and its institutions.

Durban - South African writer Mandla Langa has scooped the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book Award in the Africa Region 2009 for "The Lost Colours of the Chameleon".