South Africa

Pretoria - Athletics South Africa (ASA) boss Leonard Chuene is to retain his position as the federation's President.

Johannesburg - The number of H1N1 flu deaths in South Africa continues to climb with the figure now standing at 59 deaths, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Friday.

Pretoria - Preliminary findings are indicating that it could have been engine failure that was responsible for Thursday's SA Airlink plane crash in Merebank, south of Durban.

Pretoria - Its all systems go for the South African Football Association's (SAFA) much anticipated elections.

Geneva - A total of 21 countries have officially reported 1 085 lab-confirmed human infection cases of the A/H1N1 flu virus to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Durban - The fifth annual National Indigenous Games kicked-off in Durban on Friday morning.

Nelspruit - Mpumalanga tourism authorities intend establishing direct air routes from overseas countries to Nelspruit in an effort to reduce the cost of air tickets in the run-up to the 2010 Soccer World Cup.

Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is confident more than 80 percent of those who have registered will make their way to the voting stations to cast their vote on Wednesday.

Cape Town - New and old Members of Parliament are making a steady flow to the Old Assembly Wing to register ahead of Wednesday's first sitting of the National Assembly.

Pretoria - Members of the South African Police Service are expected to be on duty at tomorrow's polls despite allegations that police members would go on strike due to overtime payments.

Cape Town - Government is working hard to deliver on its promise to create 500 000 work opportunities by the end of the year.

Pretoria - Southern African Heads of Corrections and Prisons are committed to finding creative solutions to address challenges facing corrections and prisons in the region.

Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe is in the US on a four day working visit.

Table Bay - A hostage drama outside the Table Bay harbour on Tuesday morning led to the arrest of 10 crew members who were holding a Taiwanese fishing vessel captain and his officer hostage.

Pretoria – Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME), Collins Chabane and Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu have noted the release of the Auditor General’s report.