South Africa

Pretoria - Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba has appointed a five-member task team to probe the cost of overspending at Transnet's New Multi Product Pipeline (NMPP).

Pretoria - A picturesque dam and tranquil surroundings is what Orange Farm and Lakeside residents, in the south of Johannesburg, can look forward to once the multimillion rand park and food garden officially opens.

Pretoria - The retrenchment of 14 000 Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) mineworkers has been put on hold for at least two months.

Pretoria - The Transport Department has delayed putting into motion the amended National Road Traffic Regulations, which would make it illegal to drive a light motor vehicle with a licence for a heavy vehicle.

Tzaneen - Jazz lovers in Limpopo can look forward to performances by the likes of Jonas Gwangwa and Maduvha at the inaugural Jazz in the Garden festival in Tzaneen on Saturday.

Giyani - A team of health professionals will be dispatched to Limpopo schools with high pregnancy rates.
Recent media reports about the high pregnancy rate at Mavalani High School outside Giyani, where 57 girls are pregnant, forced the department to intervene, said provincial Health and Social Development spokesperson, Cecil Motsepe, on Tuesday.

Pretoria - The India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) alliance have been honoured with the 2010 UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) award for their efforts in the fight against poverty.

Giyani - Limpopo police are offering R100 000 to anyone with information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of those involved in the muti murder of Mphephu Grace Baloyi, 45.

Mbombela - A rhino DNA sample kit is expected to help prosecutors be even tougher on those caught with rhino horns.

Johannesburg - South Africa's state-owned power utility Eskom says 91 workers were contaminated with a small amount of radiation while doing maintenance work at the Koeberg nuclear power plant near Cape Town.

Pretoria - Energy Minister Dipuo Peters has appealed to all, especially the business community in the energy sector, to make a much needed contribution towards helping the government in its attempt to restore the lives of those who have been affected by the devastating floods countrywide.

Pretoria - Thousands of women in labour have benefitted from the Gauteng's Provincial Government's obstetric ambulances used to transport patients to hospitals and clinics.

Skukuza - The Kruger National Park has advised visitors to book their day trips for the coming long weekend in advance.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma urged the Proteas to win the 2011 World Cricket Cup trophy for former President Nelson Mandela.

Pretoria - The MEC for the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs in Mpumalanga, Madala Masuku has called on all prospective voters, especially in the province, to visit their voting stations to register or check whether their names appear on the voters' roll of their voting districts, this weekend on 5-6 February.