Johannesburg - State owned utility Transnet has signed a R4 billion loan agreement with the Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC) to fund the widening and deepening of the Durban harbour.
Pretoria – A North West farmworker, who was buried on the side road of a farm after he was evicted, is be exhumed and reburied as part of a provincial event to celebrate Human Rights Day on Thursday.
Rustenburg - South Africans have been called on to rally behind the national soccer team ahead of the big international spectacle on Saturday - the Mandela Challenge Cup - which will be a test of preparations towards hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Pretoria - The Minister in the Presidency Responsible for Monitoring and Evaluation, Collins Chabane, has welcomed proposals for the establishment of an independent agency to investigate corruption - but cautioned such an initiative should be within the framework of the law.
Bushbuckridge - Mpumalanga's Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Administration MEC Candith Mashego-Dlamini will inspect farming projects in Bushbuckridge on Friday.
France - In recognition of Dulcie Evon September's contribution towards the liberation of South African people, government is expected to launch the Dulcie September Legacy Project in Arcueil, France.
Pretoria - Medical doctors affiliated to the South African Medical Association (SAMA) and employed in public health facilities are not planning to go on strike.
Pretoria - South Africans across the country will join more than one billion people in 1 000 major cities worldwide in switching off their lights for an hour on Saturday in support of the Earth Hour campaign.
Pretoria - A cleansing and healing ceremony will be performed at Freedom Park on Sunday to mark the return of the spirits of South African activists who died in Zambia during the liberation struggle.
Pretoria - President Kgalema Motlanthe has conferred national orders to 28 heroes and heroines who have made outstanding contributions to nation building in South Africa.
Johannesburg - A Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere in South Africa, was unveiled in Johannesburg on Friday.
Pretoria - The price of 93 grade petrol will increase by 36 cents per litre at midnight on Tuesday, the Department of Minerals and Energy announced on Friday.
Pretoria - With only five days to go until the end of the first sales phase, tickets for the 2010 FIFA World Cup are in great demand.
Pretoria - The on-form Bafana Bafana has a tricky task to accomplish on Tuesday - that is to beat star-dominated Portugal in an international friendly match to be played in Switzerland.
Johannesburg - South Africa's internet population is expected to grow as much in the next five years as it has in the 15 years since the internet became commercially available in the country.
