South Africa

Sun City - President Jacob Zuma has warned that Africa will no longer tolerate those who take power by force and remove democratically elected governments by means of military coups.

Pretoria - Government and religious leaders have agreed on the user-pay principle for the development of road infrastructure.

Rustenburg - The Commission of Inquiry into the Marikana tragedy was adjourned before it could begin with its hearing in Rustenburg on Monday to allow for the victims' families to travel to the town in the North West province to attend proceedings.

Pretoria - A 49-year-old Italian national has died after a plane crash at PC Pelser Airport in Klerksdorp.

Pretoria - The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has reiterated that South Africa is not calling for a boycott of Israeli goods/products.

Pretoria - The Department of Communications and the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) have launched the Set-Top Box (STB) decoder standard (SANS862:2012) for free-to-air digital terrestrial television.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has announced two new ministerial appointments in his Cabinet.

Pretoria - Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk says South Africa's partnership with Italy is bearing positive results as more and more Italians are now visiting South Africa.

Geneva - Ministers attending the Action Group meeting on Syria, which concluded in Geneva on Saturday, have agreed on a set of principles and guidelines that usher the way for a Syrian-led transition.

Pretoria - Khoisan traditional leader Dawid Kruiper was laid to rest following an official provincial state funeral at Witdraai in the Kalahari on Saturday.

Brussels - After a score of disappointing summits since the breakout of the debt crisis, leaders of Europe took surprisingly bold moves on Friday to calm financial markets and boost the embattled economy.

Pretoria - Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has called on state negotiators and labour unions to return to the Bargaining Council to finalise the public sector wage negotiations as soon as possible.

Pretoria - The state of the conservation of the Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site was under the spotlight recently as part of the World Heritage Committee's discussions.

Johannesburg - Partnerships are important in the fight against unemployment and the Gauteng province's economy will have to grow by no less than six percent in order to create jobs, MEC for Economic Development Nkosiphendule Kolisile said.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Health says R250 million will be paid to health service providers by Friday, 8 June.