South Africa

Durban - All rounder Jacques Kallis has won the coveted 2011 South African Cricketer of the Year Award for the second time in his career.

Johannesburg - The Local Organising Committee (LOC), which has been working tirelessly preparing for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, has assured the continent that South Africa is ready to host the tournament.

Harrismith - For 15 years, Makgadi Moloi says her life and that of her family hadn't been easy living in a mud house with no electricity and running water. Also, her four children had to bear the brunt of having one tiny room with no facilities for them to sleep or study.

Pretoria - The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has called on beneficiaries who receive their social grants through commercial banks to start re-registering at their nearest re-registration sites.

Pretoria - Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has called on parties in the Western Cape agricultural sector to settle their industrial disputes through talking and negotiations.

Pretoria - South Africa has underlined the continuing need for urgent and coordinated global action to curb the impact of HIV and Aids in conflict and post-conflict situations, while calling on UN peacekeeping interventions to take a more focused approach in its response to the scourge.

Pretoria - Government has commended and expressed its appreciation for the role played by communities in assisting the South African Police Service in their fight against crime.

Pretoria - North West Human Settlements MEC Desbo Mohono has warned that contractors who deliver substandard low cost houses and shoddy work face being blacklisted.

Pretoria - The case against three men accused of defrauding the Department of Labour's Compensation Fund for millions of rands was postponed yesterday at the Pretoria Specialised Crime Court, to 19 October.

Pretoria - Winter is the season where the country sees an increase in air pollution as more people light fires to keep themselves warm, leading to an increased amount of smoke, which poses a threat to the environment.

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane on Tuesday concluded what has been described as a successful visit to Panama.

Pretoria - The South African Weather Services (SAWS) has warned of heavy rains in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West and in the Free State.

Pretoria - Access to clean and piped water has been singled out as one of the biggest challenges undermining the progress of the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) pilot in Muyexe village, Limpopo.

Cape Town - Government is developing a Performance Monitoring System to measure service delivery and the state of national and provincial departments and municipalities, says Collins Chabane, the Minister in the Presidency Responsible for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation.

Pretoria - State Owned Enterprises (SOEs), which should establish themselves as big players on the African continent, must play a role in job creation, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said.