South Africa

Pretoria - South Africa has cautioned against "unilateral measures" taken prior to the Southern African Development Community's report on the political crisis in Madagascar.

Pretoria - The elder statesman Nelson Mandela was admitted to Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg yesterday afternoon for what has been called routine tests - sparking fears over the former President's health.

Ladies and gentlemen of the media
Thank you and welcome to the Social Protection and Community Development Cluster media briefing session. The purpose of this media briefing is to provide more details relating to the commitments emanating from the State of the Nation Address.

Pretoria - Escaped life sentence prisoner, Nhlanhla Manda, has been rearrested at Bundu Inn, near Denelton in Mpumalanga.

Pretoria - Mothers at two Cape Town hospitals, who will spend New Year's Eve and the first day of 2011 welcoming their newborns into the world, can expect a special visitor.

Durban - As the world reflects on 2010, which has seen some historic moments, South Africans too are taking stock of the past year.

Pretoria - Examination quality assurance body, Umalusi, has given the 2010 matric exams its all important stamp of approval.

Pretoria - An outbreak of Rift Valley Fever has been confirmed in Graaff-Reinet and Kei Mouth.

Cape Town - Government has set aside a further R300 million towards flood relief programmes across the country, Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini announced on Friday.

Pretoria - Well over 1 000 people have lost their lives on the country's roads since the start of the festive season.

Pretoria - Residents living adjacent to the Crocodile River in Mpumalanga have been warned to be alert as heavy rains are predicted to continue over the next few days.

Pretoria - Free tickets are available for the All Africa Games second leg qualifier between South Africa's under 23 team Amaglug-glug and Angola.

Pretoria - With the destruction caused by floods in KwaZulu-Natal carrying a heavy price tag, the provincial Cabinet has declared some parts of the province disaster areas.

Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is expected to make an announcement on the nature of a sustainable intervention in support of the Eastern Cape Department of Education.

Pretoria - It may be a race against time for Zimbabwean nationals who have left it to the last minute to apply to regularise their stay in South Africa, but the Department of Home Affairs has urged them not to give up.