South Africa

Pretoria – The Police Ministry says it has noted media reports around the under-reporting of crime, based on a report released by the South African Institute of Race Relations.

Pretoria - Government on Tuesday released a framework to guide its programmes over the next five years, providing with it a fiscal posturing of how and where it would spend its money over this term.

Pretoria - Correctional Services Minister Nosiwe Mapisa-Nqakula says she hopes her decision to place two senior officials on precautionary suspension would send a strong message that corruption would not be tolerated in the department.

The five-year Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) is to be used by government as a guide to planning, developing South Africa, allocating resources and for performance evaluation, writes Bathandwa Mbola.

Pretoria - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Sicelo Shiceka will this week dispatch a high level team to Mpumalanga to address service delivery challenges there.

Pretoria - Ekurhuleni has introduced a new way of doing things when it comes to the billing of water and electricity services: residents can now submit meter readings directly by SMS or arrange for after hour readings.

Sharm el-Sheikh - The summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, held every three years, is set to open later this morning in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, with representatives from 118 member nations.

Johannesburg - People around the globe are gearing up to celebrate Madiba's 91st birthday on Saturday by devoting 67 minutes of their time to local causes as the world sings "Happy birthday" to its favourite person.

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim has arrived in Switzerland, where he will co-chair the South Africa-Switzerland (SA-SWISS) 3rd Annual High Level Consultations with his Swiss counterpart, State Secretary Peter Maurer.

Pretoria - A South African man, who is wanted in the United Kingdom (UK) for the murder of a six-year-old child, will be extradited to that country on Tuesday.

Tzaneen - The Greater Tzaneen local municipality has begun formalising Mbambamencisi informal settlement near Nkowankowa outside Tzaneen to give thousands of poor people access to houses, electricity and running water for the first time in their lives.

Pretoria - An application by South African authorities to have honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani's bail revoked will resume in the Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in London today.

Durban - The notorious township drug, whoonga, does not contain anti-retroviral drugs, says President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - The much anticipated Mandela Day is gaining momentum with South Africans of all ages, cultures and racial groups expressing their excitement about the call.

Pretoria - Katlego "Killer" Mphela is one of the 24 players selected to face Egypt on the crucial 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier at Ellis Park stadium on 26 March at 8.05pm.