Cape Town - Commanding officers in the South African Navy and the German Navy taskforce on Thursday applauded one another at the end of a series of joint naval exercises on anti-piracy operations near Simons Town Naval Base.
Nelspruit - Over the next five years, the Mpumalanga government will focus its energies on overhauling the provincial education system in order to improve the quality of learning and teaching.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will travel to Asia next week for two crucial meetings - one focusing on security and the other on consolidating South Africa's trade interests.
Nelspruit - In a bid to create an environment conducive to the successful implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI), seven community health centres and clinics will be constructed and existing facilities upgraded in Mpumalanga.
Pretoria - Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is to run for the position of the next World Bank chief, it emerged on Friday.
Pretoria - Irresponsible drivers could find themselves facing murder charges if they are in a car accident that results in death, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has warned.
Pretoria - Eight state-owned companies on Thursday pledged their support for the 49M campaign - the country's energy saving movement.
Nelspruit - Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza says while the province has made some progress in the fight against crime, there was still much to be done.
Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has sent a birthday message to Dr Steve Mokone on his 80th birthday.
Pretoria - Investment on the continent must be evenly distributed to benefit not only the rich but the poor too - given the high levels of inequity on the continent, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Monday.
Pretoria - Telkom services in the Mountainview and Suiderberg areas in Pretoria have been disrupted following an incident of multiple cable theft in the Daspoort exchange area.
Pretoria - South Africa has been overwhelmingly elected by the Members of the UN General Assembly to the 47-Member Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC).
Polokwane - Highway Patrol members swiftly arrested six suspects aged 30 and 42 for attempted robbery over the weekend.
Polokwane - Four Polokwane City players have been killed and six injured after the mini bus they were travelling in collided with a bakkie and overturned along the R71 road at Nobody, Mankweng, on Sunday evening.
Pretoria - Banyana Banyana were beaten 4-nil by the host Equatorial Guinea in the final of the CAF African Women Championship played in Malabo on Sunday.
