South Africa

Pretoria - The Department of Public Works has invested R32 million in the development of essential skills for young people in the built environment sector.

Pretoria - Forty South African citizens, who were stranded at Cairo International Airport in Egypt, will be arriving home tomorrow morning.

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, will represent South African in Geneva at the High-Level Segment of the 16th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to be held on 28 February.

Durban - South Africa and New Zealand have suffered two massive blows ahead of the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals losing Frans Steyn and Dan Carter, respectively, to injury.

Pretoria - Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has called on South Africans to play a leading role in the United Nations (UN) Decade of Action against Road Deaths to be officially launched world-wide during May 2011.

Pretoria - The South African Weather Service (SAWS) Amendment Bill, which seeks to ensure good air quality, will be introduced in Parliament this month.

Pretoria - The Public Works Department says Minister Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde has received the Public Protector's report and is still studying it.

Pretoria - North West MEC for Human Settlements, Public Safety & Liaison Desbo Mohono has appealed to motorists to reduce speed, which accounts for most accidents and deaths on public roads.

Pretoria - American television host, actress, producer and philanthropist, Oprah Winfrey, will visit the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein campus, later this month.

Pretoria - The Western Cape Department of Health has launched an investigation into the death of two infants in Manenberg clinic.

Pretoria - Bafana skipper Steven Pienaar has travelled with the squad to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier match in Cairo despite his knee injury.

Johannesburg - Dignitaries continued to stream in on Friday morning at the home of the late struggle stalwart Albertina Sisulu, who died last night at the age of 92.

Pretoria - If Albertina Sisulu's children needed acknowledgement of the impact their mother had on South Africans, they need only to check the internet to find out.

Pretoria - The passing of struggle icon Albertina Sisulu, who has been described as the rock of the nation, has been met with shock and sadness.

Johannesburg - Preparations for the funeral of the late African National Congress stalwart Albertina Sisulu will be finalized once the family had consulted President Jacob Zuma and other important stakeholders, a family spokesperson said.