South Africa

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.

Mbombela - Local artists from Mpumalanga are making their way to Johannesburg where they will meet with President Jacob Zuma to voice their grievances about what they call the "shameful" state of arts and culture in the province.

Pretoria - Former Eskom board chairman Bobby Godsell has reconfirmed his resignation.

Pretoria - The South African Embassy in Paris says it was not responsible for sourcing the singer that rendered the national anthem prior to the Springboks' 20-13 defeat to France, in Toulouse.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Finance has rejected the finding of a disciplinary hearing which cleared senior manager Alfred Khana of any wrongdoing.

Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe on Tuesday met with the new South African National Aids Council (SANAC) Trust to induct the members of the trust in their new roles.