South Africa

Pretoria - The public have been warned by the Gauteng Health and Social Development to take anti-malarial medication before they visit malaria endemic areas.

Pretoria - Christmas came early for the residents of Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape when Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale handed over 500 houses to the community on Tuesday.

Pretoria - The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) has commended government's determination to prioritise education as a key tool to addressing the country's problem of skills' shortages.

Pretoria - Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, has commended the arrest of eight suspects allegedly involved in acts of child pornography.

Pretoria - More than 100 police officials have been kicked off the South African Police Service (SAPS) for their involvement in fraud and corruption.

Pretoria - The husband of murdered UK tourist Anni Dewani was implicated as the mastermind behind her killing in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Contractors who do shoddy work have been warned that they will be blacklisted with Treasury.

Pretoria - South Africa's national football team, Bafana Bafana, complicated their journey to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil by playing to a 1-all draw with minnows Ethiopia at home on Sunday.

Pretoria - The provincial Health Department in Gauteng has downplayed claims of a meningococcal meningitis outbreak in the province, saying there is no need for people to be alarmed.

Pretoria - The Green Scorpions have found that EnviroServ Eastern Cape constructed and operated a storm water dam as well as the leachate treatment plant at Aloes without obtaining the required environmental authorisation and permit.

Pretoria - Police officers who continuously and recklessly lose their firearms will be fired from the South African Police Service (SAPS).

Pretoria - South African Football Association (SAFA) President, Kirsten Nematandani, expressed his deepest condolences over the passing of Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana midfielder, Siphiwe Tshabalala's mother.

Pretoria - Details of what happened the night UK tourist Anni Dewani was kidnapped and murdered could be revealed today at the start of the trial of one of the men accused of her death.

Pretoria - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is inviting South Africans to send him tips on what they would like to see government spending taxpayers money on in the country's next budget.

Komatipoort - The South African Border Control Operational Coordinating Committee in Mpumalanga has implemented special measures to prevent congestion at the province's busiest ports of entry this festive season.