South Africa

East London - Two Eastern Cape universities have thrown a lifeline to late applicants by extending the deadline for applications for new students next year.

Uitenhage – President Jacob Zuma has unveiled a new fleet of rail automotive wagons that are expected to boost freight logistics in the Eastern Cape region.

Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says the South African Competitiveness Forum is in a good position to contribute to a country that continues to become a better place than it was before 1994.

Skukuza - Residents living around the Kruger National Parks have been warned not to eat any buffalo meat that has not been checked for Bovine Tuberculosis (TB).

Pretoria - The North West Premier’s Office will host its 3rd Annual Anti- Corruption Roundtable Discussion to empower anti-corruption structures to unmask corruption and promote an ethical culture.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Health says it is not aware of any nurse who contracted Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.

Is South Africa’s twenty years of democracy and freedom next year truly a cause for celebration? This question will be debated across the length and breadth of the country by citizen as we reflect on the journey we have travelled since 1994.

Pretoria - South African Airways (SAA) has extended its codeshare network with Air Seychelles.

Pretoria - The rich minerals in the Northern Cape is not being maximised for the advancement of the smallest population of the largest province in the country.

Pretoria - Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, has expressed shock and disappointment at the latest incident of rape involving babies aged one month and two-years-old, by their father, in Thohoyandou, Limpopo.

Pretoria – A total of 241 South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) officials have been suspended, dismissed or convicted for fraud related matters, from 1 April 2012 to date.

Pretoria - Ernst van Dyk and Lusapho April have been congratulated by government for their “outstanding performance” at the New York City Marathon.

Pretoria - Gauteng Health MEC Hope Papo says an investigation has been instituted against the officials implicated in allegations of selling corpses at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.

Pretoria - Trade and Industry Minister, Dr Rob Davies, says the introduction of the draft Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill will enable a comprehensive and uniform legal framework to govern investments.

Pretoria - Government has taken a number of steps to improve economic and employment performance since the job losses and recession created by the global economic crisis of 2008, says President Jacob Zuma.