South Africa

Johannesburg - The Gauteng Economic Development Agency (GEDA) is moving swiftly to take up some of the opportunities created by President Jacob Zuma's recent state visit to Brazil.

Dakar - Guinea-Bissau's parliamentary speaker Raimundo Pereira took an oath as the country's interim president on Tuesday, one day after President Joao Bernardo Vieira was killed

Parliament - The delights of the country's rainbow nation are being emulated in fashion as the mother city readies for the opening of parliament this morning.

London - Developments in Zimbabwe and Sudan are expected to be high on the agenda when Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma meets with the British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Friday.

Geneva - The International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes is regrettable as it will impact negatively on the peace processes in that country, says Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.

Parliament - The National Assembly is alive with activity and excitement, ahead of President Kgalema Motlanthe's State of the Nation Address on Friday morning.

Pretoria - South Africans who apply for a new passport from next month will be introduced to a new document with complex security features.

Parliament - President Kgalema Motlanthe on Friday paid tribute to the fallen struggle veterans who contributed immensely to the country's democracy.

Durban - A provincial disaster management workshop in KwaZulu-Natal is to help the province to address the challenges affecting disaster management.

Pretoria - Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Enver Surty has reiterated that any member of the public who has evidence that the grounds on which Shabir Shaik was granted medical parole was tainted, should make a representation to the minister of correctional services.

Bloemfontein - The decision to place a moratorium on initiating new patients on Anti Retroviral (ARV) treatment in the Free State due to a shortage of funds, was a difficult one, says the Minister of Health Barbara Hogan.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has decided to implement a 7 percent salary increase across the board for public office bearers.

Johannesburg - The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is not in a financial crisis and not under liquidation, says the public broadcaster's Acting Chief Executive Officer Gab Mampone.

Pretoria - The Kha Ri Gude (Let us learn) mass literacy campaign has made huge strides since its inception last year, with nearly 80 percent of learners enrolled being women.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana lost against an unimaginative Iceland team in Reykjavik on Tuesday night, in their eighth defeat out of nine matches.