South Africa

Pretoria - The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has suspended its strike action against power utility Eskom, according to a statement on Wednesday.

Johannesburg - The South African Broadcasting Corporation says it has acquired the sophisticated infrastructure needed to bring the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and the subsequent 2010 FIFA World Cup to billions of fans worldwide.

Cape Town - The Ad Hoc Committee, set up by Parliament to appoint a new Public Protector, has shortlisted eight candidates.

Pretoria - The team of Correctional Services officials representing South Africa at the13th World Police and Fire Games in Canada have clinched over 200 medals.

Pretoria - Cabinet has conveyed condolences to the families and friends of Limpopo MEC for Public Works, Pandelani Ramagoma, Professor Tamsanqa Kambule, and Victor Moche.

Cape Town - More than 440 jobs will be created as part of the City of Cape Town's safety and security plan for the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Pretoria - Cabinet has congratulated the world champion Springbok Rugby Team for their convincing victory against the Australians at the weekend.

Johannesburg - The newly established National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has set itself an ambitious target of recruiting one million young people to participate in its national youth service programme.

Cape Town - Members of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) have a crucial role to play in assessing the implementation of government's priorities in the next five years, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.

Harare - The Southern African Telecommunications Association (SATA) is carrying out a feasibility study to get landlocked countries in the region connected to the East Africa submarine cable.

Johannesburg - The Department of Water Affairs is to spend more than R2 billion on the construction of a massive dam that is expected to provide water to more than two million people in KwaZulu-Natal.

Pretoria - Deputy Defence Minister Thabang Makwetla says it's a concern that there is currently only one airplane in the Presidency's fleet which is able to fly long-haul distances

Pretoria - Cabinet has called on communities to work with law enforcement agencies by providing information that will lead to the arrest of criminals involved in the recent spate of robberies across Gauteng.

Pretoria -The first draft report of a Ministerial Task Team, established to advise government on how to reprioritise its spending amid an economic downturn, has been tabled in Cabinet.

Johannesburg - South Africa has fallen two spots in the World Bank's annual 2010 Doing Business Report