South Africa

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal Premier Zweli Mkhize will lead by example when he joins the queue on Thursday to donate blood.

Pretoria - AsgiSA Eastern Cape has allocated R7 million for the construction of silos in the province as part of a cropping programme aimed at alleviating poverty in rural areas.

Pretoria - The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) says it is investigating the derailment of a goods train in KwaZulu-Natal which occurred earlier this morning.

Pretoria - National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele has applauded the Special Task Force who rescued three prison wardens who were held hostage at the Mangaung Prison in Bloemfontein in the early hours of this morning.

Cape Town - Government's major objective would be to secure full employment for all South Africans, said the Minister in the Presidency, who heads the National Planning Commission Trevor Manuel.

It is one of the most important vehicles through which our two countries pursue greater economic cooperation.

Pretoria -International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Marius Fransman will travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to meet with the government there concerning the case of Professor Cyril Karabus, says his department.

Pretoria - The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has confirmed the release of four South Africans by the Equatorial Guinea Government into the custody of the South African Embassy in Malabo.

Polokwane - Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor has praised Limpopo for forging a partnership to reinforce a shared vision of building on indigenous knowledge for future generations.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is due to visit the oil rich Equatorial Guinea today with the aim of strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries.

Johannesburg - Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane described the Operational Control Centre (OCC) located at the Gautrain depot in Midrand as the "heartbeat of the Gautrain system

Pretoria - At least 100 visually impaired South Africans will get a new lease on life following a donation of 100 corneas by the Sri Lankan Eye Donation Society on Wednesday.

Pretoria - Limpopo Provincial Treasury is offering full-time study bursaries in the accounting, finance and Information Technology fields for the 2010 academic year.

Pretoria - The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has advised people planning to travel to the low altitude areas of the north eastern parts of the country to get a prescription for anti-malarial medicine.

Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Sicelo Shiceka has called for tighter control of human resource management in municipalities to effectively deal with service delivery protests. Nthambeleni Gabara reports.