South Africa

Pretoria - State oil company, PetroSA, and Indian oil and gas exploration company Cairn India Group on Thursday signed a farm-in agreement for crude oil and natural gas exploration in the Orange Basin on the west coast of South Africa.

Johannesburg - Special Advisor of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC), Nono Simelela, has called on Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) to work with government in order to realise the 30-year vision of zero new HIV infections.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is alarmed and deeply saddened at the manner in which a dispute at the industrial level at the Lonmin mine in Rustenburg has degenerated leading to the tragic loss of lives.

Pretoria - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has recalled its members who were put on special leave after the members' illegal protest at the Union Buildings in 2009.

Pretoria - Eskom has restored power to all customers in KwaZulu-Natal that had no electricity as a result of severe weather conditions.

Pretoria - The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has announced a delay in the publication of the new Guideline Tariffs for medical and dental services.

Cape Town - A multi-pronged approach, rather than one single measure, is needed to tackle youth unemployment, the Minister of Economic Development Ebrahim Patel said on Thursday, during a noisy and lively debate in Parliament on the youth wage subsidy.