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SA, Iraq sign economic cooperation pact

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Pretoria - Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies and his Iraqi counterpart Khairullah Hasan Babakr have signed an agreement aimed at strengthening economic ties between South Africa and Iraq by exploring trade potential in various sectors.

Rural infrastructure development a priority for govt

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Pretoria - Infrastructure development, especially in the deep rural areas, will remain a key priority of the current administration, says KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Human Settlements and Public Works, Ravi Pillay.

SA called to support Paralympic team

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Johannesburg - South Africa's number one wheelchair tennis player, Lucas Sithole, has urged all South Africans to take the Paralympics games as seriously as the Olympics and give the team their full support.

Home Affairs ready to facilitate movement of Afcon fans

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Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs is preparing to facilitate the movement of the 15 national football teams and their fans who will be flocking to South Africa for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament in January next year.

Officials appeal for information on alleged muti killing

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Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has called on the public to help the police with information that might lead to the arrest of alleged muti killers, after the body of a 13-year-old boy was found with some of its parts missing.

Afcon teams, fans must declare agricultural products

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Pretoria - All national teams and their supporters who will be coming to the country during the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) soccer tournament have been advised to declare imports of animals and animal products before entering South Africa.

Minister to monitor illegal immigrants' stay at Lindela

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Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs says Minister Naledi Pandor has set up a mechanism to ensure that the number of days each illegal immigrant spends at the transit centre, Lindela, does not exceed 120 days, as stipulated by law.

Ekurhuleni hosts anti-xenophobia summit

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Pretoria - Ekurhuleni Mayor Mondli Gungubele says the municipality will continue to work hard to ensure that its police officers are well trained to deal with any violence against foreign nationals and the gay and lesbian community in the area.

Written reply on Sisulu's flights withdrawn

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Pretoria - The written reply tabled to Parliament regarding the number of trips the former Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Lindiwe Sisulu, undertook with the SANDF's Gulfstream jets has been withdrawn.

Premier Zille urged to work with ministers

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Pretoria - The Presidency has urged Western Cape Premier Helen Zille to work with her colleagues, the ministers in the relevant portfolios, to discuss the assistance she needs to resolve the strikes by farmworkers in the province.

Safa condemns attack on Zambian national team

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Pretoria - The South African Football Association (Safa) has condemned in the strongest terms the attack on the Zambian national team after the Nelson Mandela Challenge match with Bafana Bafana at Soccer City on Wednesday night.

N West Legislature to host persons with disability

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Pretoria - More than 350 persons with disabilities in the North West will get an opportunity to raise issues affecting them when the North West Provincial Legislature hosts the annual Persons with Disability Parliament on Fri