South Africa

Pretoria - South Africa’s massive infrastructure programme is driving a wave of industrialisation across the country, says Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel.

Pretoria - Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has welcomed the establishment of a Presidential Remuneration Commission to review salaries in the public service.

Pretoria - Correctional Services Deputy Minister, Hlengiwe Mkhize, on Thursday urged communities to accept offenders who had completed their sentences back into society, saying her department strives to strike a balance between victims and offenders' rights.

Johannesburg -Sixty percent of Grade six learners in Gauteng will be at or above the national literacy achievement standard by 2014, the Gauteng Department of Education said on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana is expected to take on their former coach's team in a friendly match in Brazil on Saturday.

Pretoria - The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has confirmed seven new human laboratory cases of Rift Valley Fever (RVF). This pushes up the number of confirmed cases to 39.

Kempton Park - President Jacob Zuma says unless government officials are visible in communities where service delivery challenges are reported, violent protests will continue to plague South Africa's townships.

Pretoria - Millions of South Africans across the country will commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Human Rights Day on Sunday.

Pretoria - Abram Mofokeng and Johannes Sefatsa were only 20 at the time of the Sharpeville Massacre. But the tragic events of 21 March 1960 will always linger as a horrible memory despite the freedom that South Africans now enjoy as a result of that day.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has condemned the intimidation, harassment and suppression of the media in the country.

Pretoria - Resilience, lifestyle, popularity and commitment to change the lives of the poor earned President Jacob Zuma the 2009 News Maker of the Year award.

Durban - Durbanites came from far and wide to be apart of the Human Rights Day celebrations which included a variety of spiritual and fun activities for both adults and children, which were organised by the Art of Living Foundation in conjunction with the Ethekwini municipality.

Cape Town - While Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has rejected calls for free education for all, he has vowed to present a "compelling case" for poor students to get a better deal, writes Chris Bathembu.

Pretoria - Gauteng has set up special measures to ensure that the Liquor Board awards licenses in time for the 2010 Fifa World Cup.

Pretoria - A total of 30 young cyclists from Johannesburg set out on their bicycles for Durban on Human Rights Day to mark Mandela Day in advance.