South Africa

Pretoria - Jimmy Manyi, the Director-General of the Department of Labour, will take over from Themba Maseko as Chief Executive Officer of GCIS and Cabinet spokesperson with immediate effect.

Pretoria - One of the world's largest petro-chemical company Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has opened an office in Cape Town.

Polokwane - Almost half a million job opportunities will be created in Limpopo this year, provincial government authorities have said.

Polokwane - A Limpopo district municipality has appointed a watchdog body to monitor the use of municipal funds.

Pretoria - A million passengers have been transported on the Gautrain between Sandton and OR Tambo International Airport since its launch.

Pretoria - South African stock piles to keep the lights on are at an average of over 40 days, says power parastatal Eskom.

Durban - Emerging black farmers in Bergville, northern Drankensburg, have been given an opportunity to supply yellow maize to South African Breweries (SAB).

Pretoria - World leaders have voiced confidence that with renewed global commitment, the targets to slash hunger, poverty, disease and a host of other social ills can still be achieved by 2015.

Pretoria - National Treasury has welcomed the Open Budget Index Survey results that put South Africa second out of 100 countries in the transparency of its budget processes.

Pretoria - The South African National Blood Services (SANBS) has made an earnest appeal to regular group O blood donors to donate blood as the stocks have fallen to less than three days' supply.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Health and Social Development is to physically verify all of its employees to validate the number of workers in the department.

Ermelo - Government is to spend over R800 billion on energy infrastructure over the next few years.
The announcement was made by President Jacob Zuma on Saturday at the re-opening of the Camden power station in Mpumalanga.

Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe concluded a two-day working visit to Syria with a vow that the two countries will work together in removing all other impediments to trade and investment.

Pretoria - A project which combines a wide range of technologies is expected to improve maternal and newborn health.

Pretoria - The public comments window into the country's long term energy plan, the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2010), has been extended to December, the Energy Department said on Friday.