South Africa

Johannesburg - With a 2.2 million housing backlog still remaining, the new Minister of Human Settlements Tokyo Sexwale is wasting no time in hitting the ground running.

Pretoria - Contingency plans have been put in place to ensure services are not disrupted should members of the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) embark on a sympathy strike in support of Joburg Metrobus drivers.

Pretoria - Transport Minister, Sibusiso Ndebele, has reiterated his warning to motorists to obey the rules of the road or face the full might of the law.

Johannesburg - In line with FIFA's objectives of fair play and the fight against racism, the 2010 Local Organising Committee (LOC) has partnered with the African Diaspora Forum (AFD) in a legacy project to unite Africa.

Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has concluded his working visit to Sweden aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries.

Johannesburg – Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale on Thursday announced 15 new governors for the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB).

Johannesburg - Minister of Human Settlements, Tokyo Sexwale, is to ask the top 200 companies listed at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) to identify how the financial sector can assist government in eliminating its housing backlog.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has picked the officials who will aid and advise him in the decisions he will make during his term of office.

Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs is to introduce new measures to clean-up the population register in order to retain the integrity of Identity Documents (IDs) and passports internationally.

Pretoria - The South African government has joined the international community in condemning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) underground nuclear test on Monday, calling it "unacceptable."

Durban - KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has urged South Africa and the rest of the continent to unite as Africans.

Pretoria - Its all systems go for the election on Thursday of the new office bearers of the Pan African Parliament (PAP).

Johannesburg - Gauteng MEC for Health and Social Development Qedani Mahlangu has apologised to those mothers who were inconvenienced by the shortage of baby formula in a provincial hospital.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma opened the first Cabinet Lekgotla under his administration in Pretoria earlier today.

Pretoria - South Africa's Gross Domestic Product in the first quarter of 2009 contracted by an annualised 6.4 percent, Statistics South Africa announced on Tuesday.