South Africa

Pretoria – Cabinet has pledged its full support for the United Nations (UN) Road Safety Week, which will run from 6 - 12 May.

Pretoria - Cabinet has approved that the sixth edition of Development Indicators (2012) to be published.

Pretoria – Hosting the World Economic Forum (WEF) Africa will provide South Africa with an added opportunity to actively engage and lobby African leaders and international and regional businesses on possible interventions to integrate and enhance growth in South Africa and the region.

Pretoria – Cabinet on Thursday said it welcomed the visit by the top leadership of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to former President Nelson Mandela.

Pretoria – Cabinet has come out in full support of an investigation into how permission was granted for a civilian aircraft to land at Waterkloof Air Force Base.

Pretoria – Four nurses, who turned away a highly pregnant mother from a health centre, have been dismissed by the Gauteng Health Department following a complaint of unprofessional conduct.

Pretoria - The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has confirmed that Chief of State Protocol Bruce Koloane was suspended on Thursday amid a probe into how a chartered jet was allowed to land at Waterkloof Air Force Base.

Pretoria- Workers' rights should never be taken for granted and democracy will not be stable if the plight of the working class is not attended to, ANC President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.

Pretoria-The North West Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development will on Thursday hold discussions into the 1913 Native Land Act.

Pretoria- The number of rhinos poached in South Africa since the start of the year has increased to 273 with the Kruger National Park bearing the brunt, says the Department of Environmental Affairs.

Kimberly – This years’ Workers' Day in the Northern Cape was used to commemorate the 64 municipal workers who died when the bus they were traveling in plunged into the Saulspoort dam in the Free State ten years ago.

Pretoria- As South Africans mark Workers’ Day today government has thanked workers for their contribution to the country’s economy while it also called for peaceful resolution to disputes.

Kimberly – The Northern Cape Provincial government has sworn-in Sylvia Lucas as the province’s second acting premier.

Cape Town – The South African Football Association (Safa) has urged government to expedite the establishment of an independent judicial commission of inquiry to investigate match-fixing allegations involving matches the national team, Bafana Bafana, played before the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Cape Town – South Africa has attracted attention from Chinese, Indian and Russian investors – including a planned visit by Chinese buyers who aim to spend R5 billion in provinces across the country later this year, said the Department of Trade and Industry’s Director General Lionel October.