South Africa

Pretoria - Two of Limpopo's five District Municipalities will now be led by women executive mayors.

Pretoria - The N3 highway between Van Reenens Pass and Villiers in the Free State remains closed due to heavy snowfalls in the area.

Pretoria - The Producer Price Index (PPI) in April slowed to 6.6 percent, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Thursday.

Pretoria -The South African Football Association (Safa) has appointed Dr Robin Petersen as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on a fixed term for the next three years.

Pretoria - The South African Police Service (SAPS) has come out in defense of it members after police were widely criticised for their excessive use of force by speakers at a conference.

Pretoria - Service delivery improvement and the development of a new payment model are among the initiatives to be implemented by the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) in the next five years.

Pretoria - The African Union (AU) has resolved that it will not recognize Libya's Transitional National Council (TNC) rebels, as the legitimate government in Tripoli.

Pretoria - Transnet and labour have reached an 8.5 percent across the board wage settlement.

Pretoria - The Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers has recommended an across-the-board 5 percept salary increase for all public office bearers - from the president, his cabinet, premiers, judges, magistrates, MECs, MPs, MPLs and traditional leaders, mayors to city and town councillors.

Cape Town - The Department of Higher Education and Training is coming to the rescue of about 25 000 students from universities who have completed studies but are not able to graduate and get jobs because they have not finished paying student loans.

Pretoria - EThekwini Municipality Mayor James Nxumalo has urged councillors, including municipal staff, and business of eThekwini to donate their old clothing and non-perishable food items to assist victims of fires and other disasters in the city.

Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has called on the South African Jewish board to help government as it tries to deal with the high unemployment rate, especially among the youth.

Pretoria - South Africa has conveyed condolences to the families of 18 people killed in a suicide blast at the United Nations (UN) building in Nigeria on Friday.

Pretoria - The South African mid-year population rose to 50.59 million, up from 49.99 million in 2010, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Wednesday.

Mbombela - The Mpumalanga education department has budgeted R620 million to get rid of mud schools in the province, build extra classes, provide a school for pupils with special needs and refurbish dilapidating buildings.