South Africa

Ratanda- Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Richard Baloyi, has appealed to residents of Ratanda, outside Heidelberg, to allow stability to return to the area.

Pretoria - President Zuma has sent his condolences to Nigeria, following Sunday's airplane crash which claimed the lives of more than 150 people.

Cape Town - Police members that fail to report police abuse or fail to report abuse within 24 hours, should be criminally charged, Francois Beukman, the Executive Director of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) said on Monday.

Pretoria - At least two people were killed and 13 more seriously injured when a taxi they were traveling in collided with a truck on the R521 road between Rustenburg and Koster on Monday morning.

Pretoria - The head of Mali's junta on Sunday announced the restoration of the constitution in that country, according to a statement released by the junta.

Pretoria - Vehicle sales surged in May, rising by 20.7% to 50 229 from 41 625 units in May 2011, the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) said.

Pretoria - The Departments of Trade and Industry (dti) and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) have finalised the Aquaculture Development and Enhancement Programme (ADEP) which will assist new entrants and existing aquaculture ventures.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Wednesday meet principals of Further Education and Training (FET) colleges to deliberate on the central role FETs play within the country's skills development strategy, particularly government's new infrastructure development priority programme.

Pretoria - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can help governments across the continent improve services given to citizens, Communications Minister Dina Pule says.

Soweto - Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says good progress is being made in the enrolment of social grant beneficiaries on the new biometric-based payment system since the process started on 1 March 2012.

Pretoria - Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has published for public comment the draft Health Care Risk Waste (HCRW) Management Regulations.

Johannesburg - The protracted fight to exclusively own the rights of the name Bafana Bafana between the South African Football Association (Safa) and Stanton Woodrush is finally over.

Pretoria - The Maitland Refugee Reception Office in Cape Town will close at the end of the month, the Department of Home Affairs has announced.

Pretoria - Inclining Block Tariffs (IBT) is benefitting low income domestic customers, a study conducted by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has found.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Health is expected to speed up the construction of a new multi-drug resistant TB complex at Sizwe Tropical Disease Hospital.