South Africa

Pretoria - Reserve Bank Governor, Gill Marcus, will over the next two days chair her first Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Pretoria since taking office.

Pretoria - The continuous efforts being made within the blood transfusion industry to maintain a safe and sustainable blood supply will be the main focus during the 31st South African National Blood Transfusion Congress.

It is a profound loss, not only for your family and for her friends and comrades, but for all those who shared her desire for a free, democratic and just South Africa.

Pretoria - When Edna Molewa, the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, told guests last week that South Africa was like a student ready to write an exam, understandably, many were not baffled by this comparison.

Pretoria - Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale says government will be spending R1.3 billion to rectify poorly-built RDP houses.

Pretoria - Parliament will this week hold public hearings on the political, economic and social impact of climate change.

Pretoria - The Western Cape Education Department has come up with specific targets to improve education outcomes in 2010

Pretoria - The African Union Summit, which wrapped up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Tuesday, endorsed South Africa's candidature for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.

Pretoria - The e-toll account registration and the distribution of e-tags for Phase-1 of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) kicked off on Monday, the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has announced.

Pretoria - Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ebrahim Ebrahim, met with Yemeni Ambassador Ali Al-Ghaffari in Pretoria on Tuesday to discuss the political conditions in that country

Pretoria - Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has extended her condolences to the families of seven Zion Christian Church (ZCC) members who died in an accident in Limpopo on Monday.

Pretoria - Former acting National Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Mokotedi Mpshe has been appointed acting Judge of the North-West High Court in Mafikeng.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is heading back to South Africa after the 14th African Union Summit concluded in Addis Ababa on Tuesday

Pretoria - Cape Town's MEC for Community Safety, Lennit Max, says police will ensure that the perpetrators of slain eight-year-old Yunus Desai, face the full might of the law.

Pretoria - Cabinet has reaffirmed President Jacob Zuma's message on World Aids Day, calling on all South Africans to take individual and collective responsibility in the fight against HIV and AIDS.