South Africa

Pretoria - Government and business have agreed to work together to address some of the challenges facing the country.

Pretoria - The Neotel/Broadband Infraco partnership has been selected to install a 10 Gigabit per second network to the South African Large Telescope (SALT) and the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) sites in the Northern Cape.

Pretoria - National Treasury has withdrawn the suspension of transfers to Nala Municipality in the Free State because the municipality has made satisfactory progress, it said on Friday.

Polokwane - Over half a million jobs are expected to be created in Limpopo over the next ten years in terms of a Memorandum of Understanding signed with a Chinese delegation on Wednesday night.

Pretoria - The price of all grades of petrol is set to rise by 41 cents a litre as of next week, said the Energy Department on Friday.

Pretoria – Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa on Friday filed an application to appeal the Western Cape High Court judgement at the Constitutional Court.

Port Elizabeth - As part of efforts to preserve the country’s water quality, South Africans have been urged to assist in protecting wetlands which are crucial in water purification.

Johannesburg - The Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) says it is concerned about the poor match attendance of games being played at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth.

Pretoria - National carrier South African Airways (SAA) and the National Transport Movement (NTM) have signed an agreement on the terms of reference for the verification process that will help the union to gain recognition.

Pretoria – Durban is abuzz with anticipation ahead of Bafana Bafana’s 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) quarter final match against Mali at the Moses Mabhida Stadium.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma had conveyed his condolences to the family, friends and comrades of the late Amina Cachalia, a struggle stalwart and long-time friend of former President Nelson Mandela, who passed on Thursday.

Pretoria - Communities need to work with the police to ensure that shebeens and taverns that have underage children as patrons are closed and their trading licenses withdrawn, says North West Premier Thandi Modise.

Pretoria - Government says there is no basis for accusation of advertising bias towards the New Age newspaper.

Pretoria – Rigorous steps will be taken to ensure that non-profit organisations (NPOs) -- who were deregistered with the NPO Directorate -- are fully compliant with the legislation governing NPOs.

Mbombela - Travellers to Maputo, Mozambique, have been urged to exercise caution following street protests this week against a surge in basic living costs.