South Africa

Pretoria - Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile has congratulated the makers of South African film “Fanie Fourie’s Lobola”, which recently won an international award.

Sao Paulo - President Jacob Zuma today met with Brazilian football bosses to exchange ideas on the preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - Eastern Cape Planning and Finance MEC Phumulo Masualle delivered the provincial budget on Thursday, which he promised will speed up service delivery and improve education and health.

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.

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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.