South Africa

Pretoria - The Congress of the People (Cope) is "extremely delighted" to have achieved more than a million votes in the 2009 General Elections.

Pretoria - The Southern African Clothing and Textile Worker's Union (Sactwu) has welcomed the appointment of its General Secretary to the country's new Cabinet.

Pretoria - The 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee (OC) has congratulated the Ministers and Deputy Ministers who have been appointed by President Jacob Zuma.

Durban - South African Tourism (SAT) has launched the first Tourism Satellite Account - a tool used to measure growth and job creation in the tourism industry.

Pretoria - The Department of Health is optimistic that negotiations in the Bargaining Council in a bid to end the ongoing doctors' strike will be concluded as a matter of urgency.

Pretoria - The 34 ministers and their deputies who have been appointed to President Jacob Zuma's Cabinet, as well as Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, will be sworn in to office later today.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has been commended for appointing South Africa's first visually impaired female cabinet member.

Klerksdorp - North West MEC for Public Safety, Howard Yawa, has been encouraged by improvements in service delivery at some of the provinces police stations.

Bloemfontein - Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele officially opened the revamped Bloemfontein airport terminal on Friday, in preparation for next year's 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament.

Pretoria - Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi will on Monday publicly release the results of the 2008 National Antenatal Sentinel HIV Prevalence Survey.

Pretoria - South Africa's various civilian intelligence structures are to merge into a single structure, to be known as the State Security Agency (SSA).

Pretoria - South Africa's business leaders and analysts have expressed confidence in the new government structure.

Port Elizabeth - South Africa will never forget the heroism and bravery of the Pebco 3 and Cosas 2, says President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - Stakeholders in the education sector have welcomed the creation of two education ministries.

Johannesburg - Teachers will from next year be relieved of administrative and planning tasks to enable them to devote more time to teaching and lessons.