South Africa

Pretoria - Limpopo police on Thursday arrested six suspects, aged between 12 and 14 years, for the murder of three children in Mookgopong in August.

Cape Town - Ireland is emerging from its economic slump and views Africa as a continent that will become an economic giant in years to come, says Joe Costello TD, Minister of State for Trade and Development in Ireland.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has conveyed his condolence to Inkatha Freedom Party leader, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi and his family after his son, uMntwana Phumaphesheya Gregory Buthelezi, passed away.

Pretoria - Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies and his Iraqi counterpart Khairullah Hasan Babakr have signed an agreement aimed at strengthening economic ties between South Africa and Iraq by exploring trade potential in various sectors.

Pretoria - Infrastructure development, especially in the deep rural areas, will remain a key priority of the current administration, says KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Human Settlements and Public Works, Ravi Pillay.

Johannesburg - South Africa's number one wheelchair tennis player, Lucas Sithole, has urged all South Africans to take the Paralympics games as seriously as the Olympics and give the team their full support.

Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs is preparing to facilitate the movement of the 15 national football teams and their fans who will be flocking to South Africa for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament in January next year.

Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma has told Members of Parliament that his family, and not government, paid for his private home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal.

Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has called on the public to help the police with information that might lead to the arrest of alleged muti killers, after the body of a 13-year-old boy was found with some of its parts missing.

Pretoria - All national teams and their supporters who will be coming to the country during the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) soccer tournament have been advised to declare imports of animals and animal products before entering South Africa.

Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs says Minister Naledi Pandor has set up a mechanism to ensure that the number of days each illegal immigrant spends at the transit centre, Lindela, does not exceed 120 days, as stipulated by law.

Pretoria - Ekurhuleni Mayor Mondli Gungubele says the municipality will continue to work hard to ensure that its police officers are well trained to deal with any violence against foreign nationals and the gay and lesbian community in the area.

Pretoria - The written reply tabled to Parliament regarding the number of trips the former Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Lindiwe Sisulu, undertook with the SANDF's Gulfstream jets has been withdrawn.

Pretoria - Labour unions and government are expected to return to the negotiations table tomorrow, after wage talks deadlocked on 14 June.

Pretoria - Visa and South African Tourism (SA Tourism) have signed an agreement that will see the two organisations working closely together to promote the country's tourist attractions to an international audience.