South Africa

Pretoria - Motorists have been given an early Christmas present in the form of a petrol price decrease.

Pretoria - The recent ward councillors' summit in the North West has identified strategic intervention methods which will help the Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs to accelerate and improve service delivery.

Pretoria - The South African Football Association (Safa) has praised the appointment of Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale to FIFA's Media Committee.

Pretoria - Motorists are expected to fill up their tanks in numbers on Tuesday as the price of all grades of petrol will rise by 28 cents a litre at midnight.

South Africans celebrate Freedom Day in order to ensure that the present does not erase the past, and in order to protect the future, says President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - The newly renovated Johannesburg Forensic Services Laboratory is expected to be fully functional and hard at work soon.

Pretoria - The petrol price is to come down by 55 cents a litre, the Energy Department said on Friday.

Pretoria - The South African government has welcomed the reconciliation agreement between the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and Hamas.

President Jacob Zuma says special remission of sentence to specific categories of sentenced offenders, probationers and parolees will be granted.

Pretoria - Former President Thabo Mbeki will not be able to attend the State of the Nation Address on Thursday.

Pretoria - The remains of South African Air Force (SAAF) members, who died in the Dakota C-47 accident on 5 December, will be handed over to their next-of-kin on Wednesday.

Cape Town - The Department of Trade and Industry wants to run a regular small business census to help improve its support and funding to the sector as part of a revised policy to boost support to small businesses.

Pretoria - The South African Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric) on Wednesday urged vehicle owners to be wary of a scam that promises to bail out vehicle owners who cannot pay their regular finance instalments.

Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, will on Saturday participate in a 240km Aspen Trans Karoo mountain bike challenge as part of an ambitious project to raise funds for under-privileged children who do not have access to quality healthcare services.

Pretoria - Before the end of the month, the ageing structure housing the City of Tshwane municipal headquarters will be cleared to pave way for the construction of a new state-of-the art building.