South Africa

Pretoria - African civil organisations want the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance to come into force by the end of 2010.

Johannesburg - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's maiden budget speech, has been received with much applaud by economists who said they were optimistic that South Africa's economic state will turn the tide.

Pretoria - The road surface along Simon Vermoeten off-ramp and Hans Strydom Drive on the N4 to Witbank is not the cause of the recurrent fatal accidents.

Pretoria - Commuters and motorists may have difficulty getting to work this morning following protest action in Mamelodi East, the City of Tshwane warned on Tuesday.

Pretoria - The outbreak of the Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in the Free State and Northern Cape provinces does not constitute a crisis, says Health Deputy Minister, Dr Molefi Sefularo.

Pretoria - Food security for South Africans remains stable though some areas of the country are experiencing lower vegetation activity, says the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Pretoria - The wait is finally over for thousands of matric pupils across the country and for pupils at Hoerskool Diewilgers and Hoerskool Menlopark, their hard work and dedication has certainly paid off.

Pretoria - Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, said she was pleased to be able to announce the 2009 matric results for all nine provinces today, including Mpumalanga.

Pretoria - Parliamentarians are today expected to sign a giant soccer ball with messages of hope for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - South Africa's 2009 National Senior Certificate pass rate is 60.6 percent, representing a decline of slightly less than 2 percent.

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education will take "urgent steps" to ensure the National Senior Certificate system is improved.

Ankara - Turkey has pledged efforts to build stronger houses in immediate reconstruction after 51 people had been confirmed dead in the 6.0 magnitude quake that hit the east of the country on Monday

Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has condemned the shooting incident inside the school premises of a Soshanguve school where three people died.

Pretoria - Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, has commended KwaZulu-Natal for showing an improvement in the pass rate of 3.5 percent, up from 57.6 percent in 2008 to 61.1 percent in 2009.

Johannesburg - The World's largest passenger aircraft, Air France-KLM's A380, flight number AF995 successfully landed at OR Tambo International Airport on Thursday