South Africa

Pretoria - South Africa will join the world in celebrating the third annual World Rhino Day on Saturday.

Pretoria - Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant today met with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) representatives in Rustenburg in a bid to defuse the tensions at mines in Marikana.

Irene - Gauteng is expected to see more integrated service delivery in agriculture, rural and social development, thanks to the intergovernmental protocol signed today.

Pretoria - The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has been approached to conduct investigations into the problematic area of housing delivery in the Free State.

Pretoria - Banyana Banyana will be out to prove that they are not in London to make up the numbers when they lock horns with Canada in their second Olympic Group F match in Coventry on Saturday.

Pretoria - Cabinet has approved that a draft policy on lotteries be published for public consultation, says Phumla Williams, acting Cabinet spokesperson.

Marikana - North West Premier Thandi Modise and several Cabinet ministers have arrived at the memorial service to remember those killed in clashes at Lonmin Platinum mine in Marikana.

Pretoria - Information Communications and Technology (ICT) students will have an opportunity to showcase their research and network with industry leaders, when the South African Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) gets underway next month.

Johannesburg - Young South Africans making a meaningful change in their communities and the country shone last night at the inaugural of the South African Youth Awards.

Pretoria - Government has encouraged South Africans to observe and participate in memorial activities that have been planned throughout the country.

Pretoria - Cabinet has called on South Africans to participate in activities that give expression to the theme of Heritage Day celebrations.

Pretoria - Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, is scheduled to host the United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, for the second meeting of the South Africa-United States Strategic Dialogue on 7 August.

Pretoria - South Africa, which is the current Chair of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, will host the 14th Meeting of the Ministerial Committee of the Organ (MCO) on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation on Monday and Tuesday.

Johannesburg - South Africans need to promote value systems that deepen the country's democracy or risk jeopardising the gains made since 1994, said Deputy Minister in the Presidency, responsible for Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Obed Bapela.

Pretoria - The Presidency on Thursday issued a statement to address reports by some media houses, which it says erroneously claim he "refused to go to the scene of the shooting" in Marikana.