South Africa

Thohoyandou - Churches, traditional authorities and civic organisations in Limpopo have been urged to help expose those who abuse women and children.

Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise says she is shocked and saddened by the death of Kgosi Peter Bazabaza Motsepe of the Bakgatla Ba-Mmakau Traditional Council.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Local Government and Housing Department has expressed deep concern at the continued illegal selling and purchasing of land from syndicates operating in Lenasia.

Pretoria - In compliance with an order granted by the Constitutional Court, the City of Tshwane and the residents of Schubart Park have jointly appointed Reverend Frank Chikane as the convener of discussions aimed at resolving issues between the parties.

Pretoria - The Energy Department and PetroSA have launched an Integrated Energy Centre (IeC) in Mbizana in the Eastern Cape.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal Premier Dr Zweli Mkhize says that a group of medical students, who left the province on Monday for medical training in Cuba, will soon return and be able to assist with the rollout of the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme.

Jane Furse - Subsistence farmers in Limpopo have been given the tools to have a bumper harvest after 72 tractors were made available for them to use.

Pretoria - Offender labour will soon be utilised more often to revamp and furnish schools in South Africa, the Correctional Services Minister, Sibusiso Ndebele, has announced.

Johannesburg - Statistician General Pali Lehohla on Monday reiterated that the results of Census 2011 are accurate.

Pretoria - The technical committee selection panel of the South African Football Association (Safa) have identified Bafana Bafana caretaker coach, Steve Komphela and Gordon Igesund as top candidates for the Bafana head coach job.

Pretoria - The South Africa/Namibia Joint Permanent Commission on Defence and Security has expressed confidence that COP17 will yield results that will advance humankind's endeavours to mitigate the threat of climate change to human security.

Pretoria - Energy Minister Dipuo Peters has welcomed the appointment of Nosizwe Nokwe as chief executive officer of PetroSA.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma and his Benin counterpart, Thomas Boni Yayi, have reiterated the need for reforms within the United Nations system, particularly the Security Council and the Bretton Woods Institutions to take into account the needs of developing countries.

Pretoria - Today marks the start of the 16 days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign, with a number of activities planned to raise awareness around women abuse expected to take place within the next two weeks.

Thohoyandou - The Vhembe District Municipality in Limpopo has set aside R3.5 million to help impoverished matriculants who want to further their studies.