South Africa

Durban - Rural communities in KwaZulu-Natal will soon have access to sport and recreation facilities thanks to two multi-million rand developmental projects.

Pretoria - Government has called for calm amid the ongoing national public sector strike.

Pretoria - The preliminary examinations are expected to proceed as normal in Gauteng today following minor disruptions in exams on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe's two-day working visit to the United Kingdom, gets underway today with a focus on strengthening both political and economic ties with that country.

Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa believes the Civilian Secretariat for Police Bill will mark a new era and provide a "new way of securing our democracy" through civilian oversight over police.

Pretoria - Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has launched a Clothing and Textile Competitiveness Porgramme (CTCP) which is expected to restructure the sector for long term sustainability and competitiveness.

Pretoria - World leaders have been called on to use the economic crisis as a launch pad to make meaningful changes in global financial institutions.

Pretoria - Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, have agreed to improve cooperation between their offices.

Durban - The Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Rural Development has procured over 192 new tractors with implements in order to provide a comprehensive farming service in KwaZulu-Natal.

Pretoria - Education stakeholders and the public have been called on to submit their comments on the newly developed National Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS) for all grades and subjects.

Pretoria - Eight people, among them three government employees, have been arrested for corruption, fraud and money laundering in a blitz by police in Durban, Pietermaritzburg and Cape Town.

Pretoria - There are no plans to cancel the Kusile Power Station project both the Energy Ministry and Eskom have said.

Pretoria - Eskom has signed two export credit agency loans that will be used to fund the Ingula Pump Storage scheme and the Medupi power station.

Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe is using his two-day visit to the UK to lobby business to invest in South Africa.

Johannesburg - It's almost 33 years since Bantu Stephen Biko died in the custody of the apartheid police and over the past decade the Steve Biko Foundation has worked to make this extraordinary leader's vision a reality for South Africans.