South Africa

Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will later today depart the country for Sweden on a three-day official working visit.

Cape Town - Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Economic Developed has told the Industrial Development Cooperation (IDC) to take rural industrialisation and job creation seriously.

Sao Paulo

Programme Director,

Polokwane - The Tourism Department wants to increase South Africa's domestic tourism figures from the current estimated seven million to more than 17 million by 2020.

Pretoria - The Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor will for two days act on behalf of President Jacob Zuma while he is out of the country attending official working visits.

Pretoria - South African Airways (SAA) has labelled questions around the qualifications of its acting chief executive officer Nico Bezuidenhout as attempts to “besmirch” his good name.

Cape Town - The first steps towards establishing the country's fourth democratic Parliament will get underway on Wednesday 6 May.

Pretoria- After five weeks of exhilarating cricket, the Indian Premier League (IPL) will draw to a close in an electrifying closing ceremony at Wanderers cricket stadium on Sunday.

Sao Paulo - President Jacob Zuma says South Africa, and other African countries, have begun exploring more trading and export opportunities with countries in the South.

Pretoria - The three South African Air Force (SAAF) members who died in a helicopter crash in KwaZulu-Natal last week, are to be laid to rest this weekend.

Johannesburg - The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is to construct a unique Welcome Village to greet tourists as they arrive at OR Tambo International Airport.

Pretoria - Enough electricity to power the City of Mangaung was conserved at the weekend's energy conservation initiative, Earth Hour, Eskom said on Tuesday.

Pietermaritzburg - KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sibusiso Ndebele has paid tribute to South Africa's work force ahead of Workers Day on Friday.

Durban - Stephen Muzhingi of Zimbabwe won the 2009 Comrades Marathon in 05:23:26 on Sunday

Pretoria - Johannesburg and Pretoria were abuzz with several cultural festivities this weekend ahead of Africa Day on Monday.