South Africa

Pretoria - Several events are being held in various provinces to mark Human Rights Day on Saturday to honour those who lost their lives in the struggle for freedom.

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma has appealed to the nation to work with government and its social partners to rebuild the country and in particular to build the economy.

Pretoria - A United Arab Emirates court has found Professor Cyril Karabus not guilty, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation said on Thursday.

Pretoria - The navy says it has completed the job of preparing for the removal of the wreck of the Turkish vessel Seli 1 on Cape Town’s Table View coastline.

Pretoria – Police and officials from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries have clamped down on premises in the Mitchell’s Plain area where they seized illegal abalone worth R1.2 million.

Pretoria - A North West farmworker, who was buried by the side of the road after his employer refused his family members entry to the farm property, was today - on national Human Rights Day - given a dignified service and reburied at a Potchefstroom graveyard, more than 13 years after his death.

Pretoria - Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) says it has visited more than 2 500 households for its Income and Expenditure Survey (IES) currently underway.

Mbombela - The Mpumalanga Education Department has warned school principals and managers to be on the lookout for a fraudster who masquerades as a provincial government official sent to give computers to schools.

Pretoria - Telkom has appointed Jeffrey Hedberg to head its subsidiary in Nigeria.

Pretoria - Deputy Minister of Public Works, Hendrietta Bogane-Zulu, says government will intervene if the need arises in negotiations to end the strike in the construction industry.

Nelspruit - Mpumalanga's 2010 community has been paid over R8 million for the land on which the provincial R1 billion 2010 stadium is being built.

Pretoria - The country's top judges say they welcome the commitment made by government to support the judiciary in the fulfillment of its constitutional obligations.

Cape Town - Acting President Kgalema Motlanthe has urged South Africans to lend a helping hand to those who are less fortunate in their respective communities on Madiba Day, 18 July.

Parliament - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan presented the Appropriation Bill to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Wednesday.

Bhisho - Hundreds of people living in rural parts of the Eastern Cape have been given information on housing programmes available by the Department of Human Settlements through a pilot project.