South Africa

Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has urged South Africans to be mindful of those less fortunate and lend a hand were possible during this festive season.

Pretoria - Ivory Coast head coach Vahid Halilhodzic has been sacked just 101 days before the 2010 FIFA World Cup kick off.

Rustenburg - Excitement is mounting in the North West and countrywide ahead of 100-days count down to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has suspended the certificates of airworthiness for 14 SA Airlink Jetstream aircraft.

Pretoria - Motorists are advised that toll fees across the country have gone up as of Monday 1 March 2010.

Pretoria - Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has expressed disappointment at the incident involving an SA Airlink aircraft.

Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma says state-owned enterprises like Eskom are so riddled with problems that a serious review of the parastastals is necessary.

Pretoria - Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has warned that motorists who break the law "will be caught and face the full might of the law".

Pretoria-President Jacob Zuma is to host a party for orphans and children, said the Presidency on Monday

Pretoria - International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana Mashabane has expressed condolences following the death of anti-apartheid activist Professor Dennis Brutus.

Pretoria - Durban has promised delegates attending the 100 days countdown to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, "the best celebration event ever".

Pretoria - About 170 disadvantaged learners from the Eastern Cape were overjoyed as they tried on their new school uniforms on Monday.

Pretoria - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will on Wednesday deliver his maiden Budget Speech amid circumstances dictated to by an unfavourable economic climate

Pretoria - South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) investigators are planning on recovering the wreckage of the airplane that crashed in Harrismith in the Free State.

Cape Town - Eskom has recruited about 5000 unskilled workers from the town of Lephalale in the construction of its Medupi power station in Limpopo, says Minister of Public Enterprises Barbara Hogan.