South Africa

Polokwane - Musina police have made a major breakthrough following the arrest of five people who were found stealing steel supports from railway lines.

Polokwane - Limpopo's education department has spent R40 million providing mobile classrooms for schools that were damaged by heavy storms in the province.

Pretoria - Banking group FNB has scooped the multibillion rand corporate account for the Gauteng province, Premier Nomvula Mokonyane announced on Tuesday.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Health and Social Development Department has stopped paying salaries to staff who did not avail themselves for verification.

Pretoria - Gauteng police have seized a large arms cache, which included rocket launchers, hand grenades and rifles from an outbuilding in Katlehong on Tuesday.

Pretoria - While Robert Kieser, 18, was aiming for a position in the top five of Gauteng's 2010 matric top achievers - being among the top three came as a big surprise.

Johannesburg - The City of Johannesburg has conceded there is a need to overhaul the public transport system in South Africa's economic hub.

Pretoria - The Department of Water Affairs has reduced the number of flood gates opened at the Vaal dam from 17 to 14 and dam levels were expected to be back to 100 percent by today after being 104 percent full.

Pretoria - The matric class of 2011 have been urged to apply for their IDs well ahead of their final examinations at the end of the year to avoid the last minute rush.

Pretoria - Hundreds of men in KwaZulu-Natal showed their support for the fight against the abuse of women and children by taking part in a men's march on Friday.

Pretoria - South Africa's Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister, Hlengiwe Mkhize, has called on countries to renew their commitment to projects aimed at women empowerment and justice.

Pretoria - Learners, who were relocated with their families from the dolomatic Bapsfontein informal settlement, were this morning taken to their different schools by buses arranged by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and the Gauteng Education Department.

Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will unveil its 2011 municipal elections logo in Johannesburg today.

Australia - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday said she had been shocked by the images of flood devastation in Queensland, and the dimensions of the disaster were truly mind-boggling.

Pretoria - The Gravelotte area in Ba-Phalaborwa Municipality, Limpopo, has been declared free of Foot and Mouth disease.