South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed new government representatives to the Board of Directors of the 2010 World Cup Organising Committee South Africa.

Pretoria - Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has appointed a committee that will advise him on the development of policy, legislation and the implementation of the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI)

Pretoria - Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Buyelwa Sonjica will on Thursday launch a cleaning and greening pilot project in Mthatha.

Pretoria - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai announced that his party would end its boycott of the country's unity deal and give President Robert Mugabe's party 30 days to fulfill its commitments under their power-sharing agreement.

Pretoria - Registered political parties have until 2 March before 5pm to submit a list of the candidates they want to participate in this year's General Elections.

Pretoria - Athletics South Africa (ASA) President Leonard Chuene, the Board and its members were suspended with immediate effect over their handling of the Caster Semenya saga.

Pretoria - Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa and leaders in the automotive industry have agreed to set up a joint task team to come up with appropriate responses to potential job losses in the industry.

Pretoria - The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is the Reserve Bank's new inflation measure, dropped by less than expected to 8.1 percent in January 2009, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported, Wednesday.

Johannesburg - Those who died in military conflicts will be honoured on Remembrance Sunday on 8 November.

Durban - The KwaZulu-Natal government has deployed a special police protection team in Umlazi, south of Durban, following the recent taxi violence there.

Pretoria – Cabinet has noted progress on the preparations for the fifth Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Summit to be held in Durban, next month.

Thohoyandou - The Limpopo MEC for Roads and Transport, Pinky Kekana, has opened the first of three state-of-the-art new traffic stations

Pretoria - With Africa seen as one of the world’s fastest growing economic hubs, meeting the demand for key infrastructure should be a priority, says Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba.

Pretoria -The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to call upon both Israel and Palestine to conduct "independent and credible" investigations of the alleged war crimes during the 22-day Gaza conflict which broke out in December 2008.

Pretoria - The Consumer Price Index (CPI), used to measure South Africa's inflation, fell to 6.1 percent in September, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced on Wednesday.