South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has expressed satisfaction with the direction and future of the Commonwealth Group.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is expected to speak at the former Health Minister Manto-Tshabalala-Msimang's funeral this morning at the Catholic Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Pretoria.

Pretoria – The Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi, and the South African Weather Service will on Tuesday embark on a severe weather awareness road show in Limpopo.

Pretoria - The City of Cape Town is hard at work preparing for the eagerly-anticipated 2010 Final Draw on Friday.

Pretoria- Over 600 deaths have been recorded in the country as a result of crashes over the December month.

The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Pretoria

Cape Town - Ministers will be expected to submit bimonthly reports to President Jacob Zuma detailing their department's progress towards achieving 12 specific outcomes

Cape Town - The number of police detectives has grown by 34 percent since 2003, Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa has said.

Pretoria - A team of South African mediators arrived in Zimbabwe on Sunday to facilitate talks in that country's power-sharing agreement.

Pretoria - Former Presidents Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki's messages of condolences to former Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang's family were read out at her special official funeral service in Pretoria today.

Geneva - Developing members in the World Trade Organization (WTO) called for urgent action to resolve the remaining issues in the Doha Round of trade negotiations so that a shared objective to conclude the round in 2010 could be accomplished.

Johannesburg - Metro police officers are to patrol the Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network to crack down on the illegal use of the dedicated bus lanes

Pretoria - Cabinet this week in principle approved that government acquire an equity share of between 55 percent and 60 percent in Sunspace

Pretoria - "It is unfortunate that our country has developed a culture of dwelling on the negative and turning a blind eye to achievements," This was President Jacob Zuma's lament at former health minister Manto-Tshabalala-Msimang's special official funeral in Pretoria.

Pretoria - Two senior employees at the Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) have been suspended following investigations into alleged irregularities into the award and implementation of a multi-million rand tender.