South Africa

Pretoria - The price of all grades of petrol is to go up by 81 cents as of next week, the Energy Department announced on Friday.

Pretoria - Motorists are set to dig deeper into their pockets again as the petrol price is set to rise again at midnight today by 36 cents a litre.

Pretoria - President Kgalema Motlanthe is to depart for London on Tuesday to join world leaders at the G20 Summit in London scheduled for Thursday.

Luanda - Military forces belonging to the stand-by brigade of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are conducting a six-day joint military exercise, dubbed "Golfinho", phase I "MAPEX".

Mbombela – Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza says the provincial government will double up on efforts to improve healthcare in the province.

Ngwanase - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is to spend R200 million during the 2009/2010 financial year for the recruitment of young South Africans.

Pretoria - The revamped Wonderboom National Airport in Pretoria is expected to be used extensively during the 2010 FIFA World Cup to transport fans and FIFA delegates to and from the host city.

Johannesburg - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says he is impressed by the various 2010 legacy projects being completed around Johannesburg, after taking a tour of the city on Saturday.

Mbombela – Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza has announced that in the next financial year, a comprehensive improvement plan intended to provide targeted support to schools that performed below 50 percent in the Grade 12 examinations will be implemented.

Harare - The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defense and Security is to hold a Heads of State summit to iron out sticking points in Zimbabwe's Global Political Agreement (GPA).

Pretoria - Former soldiers and Johannesburg Mayor Amos Masondo will lead a memorial service and wreath-laying at the Cenotaph today as South Africa joins the rest of the world in marking Remembrance Sunday.

Maputo - The recently concluded elections in Mozambique were credible and carried out in line with the Constitution and laws of the country, Chief of the observant mission of the African Union (AU) Roberto Almeida said on Saturday.

Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has announced special voting dates for South Africans who cannot vote at a voting station due to physical infirmity or it they are temporarily out of the country on Election Day.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has called for greater cohesion among Cape Town's Coloured and African Communities.

Pretoria - President Zuma has written to the leaders of political parties represented in the National Assembly to consult them on the filling of the vacancy in the Constitutional Court.