South Africa

Pretoria - Transnet Freight Rail's coal line will be shut down for a 20-day period so that planned mai

Pretoria - Enhancing cooperation in the fields of mining, trade, energy and agriculture will form the basis of talks between President Jacob Zuma and his Tanzanian counterpart, Jakaya Kikwete.

Pretoria - Limpopo Health and Social Development MEC Dikeledi Magadzi and Education MEC Namane Masemol

Durban - A UN delegation to South Africa, which is here to check on preparations for the upcoming climate change conference, is happy with the organisation thus far.

Pretoria - Two former Ekurhuleni employees appeared in court on Friday on charges of fraud involving a R32 million IT tender issued by the city to Meropa Sechabeng Technology in 2008.

Pretoria - Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has expressed concern on the slow pace of transformation in South Africa's workplace, saying drastic measures needed to be taken to speed-up change.

Pretoria - An independent team of accident investigation and reconstruction specialists is helping in the culpable homicide probe after 12 Malawian nationals died in a road crash in Limpopo.

Ha-Matsila - A community farming project aimed at developing agricultural productivity and to ensure that fewer people in South Africa are food insecure has been unveiled in Limpopo.

Pretoria - The United Nations has declared famine in three more areas in drought-ravaged Somalia, bringing to five the number of regions in the Horn of Africa country, where acute malnutrition and starvation have already claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people.

Durban - There are almost three million young people who are not in employment, education or any form of training, and South Africa should be preoccupied with finding ways to address this problem before it explodes.

Pretoria - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has proposed a new short term solution for businesses that use Section 45 of the Income Tax Act.

Pretoria - South Africa could be in a tight spot if Swaziland does not honour the terms of a R2.4 billion loan, which include political reforms, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday.

Pretoria - Government is to launch a massive job creation drive through the S'hamba Sonke - Moving Tog

Pretoria - Free State Premier Ace Magashule has called for calm and for communities to behave responsi

Mbombela - Mpumalanga residents have been warned to expect more thunderstorms and flooded rivers and s