South Africa

Johannesburg - South Africans will soon know if they will be charged an interconnect fee when making a call from one network to another.

Cape Town - Transnet's decision to assemble 90 of the 100 locomotives on order from General Electric and the securing of R14 billion in planned investments in the automotive sector, are some of the immediate achievements of the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP), the Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies said yesterday.

Pretoria - Power parastatal Eskom has partnered with the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to fight corruption.

Pretoria - Government will not intervene in the South African Football Association's (Safa) presidential election.

Pretoria - Police in Macassar, just outside Cape Town, are investigating the cause of a fire that has left nine people dead.

Pretoria - More still needed to be done to educate communities about the dangers of the swinging climate patterns which continue to wreak havoc in many countries, Deputy Minister of Water Affairs Rejoice Mabudafhasi said on Wednesday.

Pretoria - Experts and academics are meeting in Midrand to look at the country's achievements in realising children's rights.

Pretoria - Government is seeking legal counsel to stop the continued violation of Caster Semenya's rights in the media.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will host the third Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Summit for Heads of State and Government in Pretoria on Friday.

Johannesburg - The support generated for Bafana Bafana during the 2010 FIFA World Cup must now be given to the national cricket team - the Proteas.

Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will seek to strengthen bilateral, political and economic relations between South Africa and the United States when he embarks on a working visit to that country next week.

Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma has expressed his concern and disappointment about the behaviour of some soldiers who marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria about two weeks ago

Johannesburg - Football loving South Africans will have their say in the name change process of the national team, Bafana Bafana, the South African Football Association (Safa) announced on Wednesday.

Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma has reiterated that social grants are only a temporary measure to address the basic needs of the poor

Pretoria - The Consumer Price Index (CPI) remained unchanged at 3.7 percent in February, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Wednesday.