South Africa

Pretoria - Government is to honour individuals and organisations that have excelled in using technology to improve the competitiveness of their enterprises at the 2010 Technology Awards.

Pretoria - Thembinkosi Philemon Wakashe's term as Director General of the Department of Arts and Culture is to come to an end this month.

Cape Town - Government has launched a groundbreaking online system to counter corruption and ensure transparency during the application and granting of mining rights, permits and prospecting licences.

Pretoria - The Bambanani mine near Welkom in the Free State remains closed on Wednesday after rescuers recovered the body of a miner who died following a rock fall.

Pretoria - More than six million learners throughout the country's public schools will on Tuesday sit for their Annual National Assessments (ANA).

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has extended an invitation to foreign investors to invest in South Africa.

Johannesburg - It's all systems go for the 2013 varsity academic year, with the admission and registration process well underway at tertiary institutions across the country.

Pretoria - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Richard Baloyi says he had no choice but to suspend the proposed municipal demarcation that has led to rolling violent protests in Sasolburg, Free State.

Pretoria - The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism says at least 32 rhinos have been poached in South Africa since the beginning of the year.

Pretoria - The National Press Club has welcomed the meeting between government and the South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) at the weekend.

Today, we are proud to brief you on a significant achievement of yet another one of our key milestones, the signing of the Delivery Agreements for the 12 outcomes. The signing of the Delivery Agreements is an important and final phase to complete our planning process and begin to usher in the implementation phase. The Delivery Agreements for each of the outcomes have now been largely completed and will be signed from tomorrow, 30 September 2010 and over the coming weeks.

Pretoria - The 2013 Africa Nations Cup (Afcon) debutants, Cape Verde, continued to cause more upset when they forced Morocco to a 1-1 draw in their second group stage match played at Moses Mabhida Stadium last night.

Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe heads to Kenya today to strengthen bilateral cooperation between that country and South Africa.

Pretoria - Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula has congratulated Bafana Bafana for its first 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) match victory.

Pretoria - Delivery agreements based on government's 12 outcomes to improve performance and speed up service delivery are to be signed in the coming weeks.