South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma and his Cabinet get down to business today, with a meeting between the first citizen and his newly sworn-in ministers and deputies.

Queenstown - Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has warned that road accidents could claim more lives than HIV and malaria put together by 2020.

Pretoria - The Department of Science and Technology has acquired a world-class High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM) that will push the frontiers of nanotechnology research.

Pretoria - The South African Revenue Services (SARS) has appointed Oupa Magashula as the acting SARS Commissioner.

Johannesburg - Loads of activities have been lined up to keep the whole family entertained at this year's Rand Show, taking place at the Expo Centre at Nasrec from 22 April to 2 May.

South Africans can be assured that with Jacob Zuma as their President, they will be led by a dedicated activist who has spent no less than half a century immersed in politics and the cause of attaining a better life for all.

Pretoria - A late goal by Katlego "Killer" Mphela against Egypt on Saturday boosted Bafana Bafana's chance of qualifying for the 2012 African Nations Cup (Afcon) finals in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon next year.

Mafikeng - North West Premier Maureen Modiselle has reassured government employees that the new provincial administration will honour all existing contractual agreements entered into by the previous government.

Cape Town - The Department of Environmental Affairs has given the assurance that concrete measures are being put in place to protect the country's rare indigenous plant species from extinction.

Cape Town - Government is committed to developing new medicines to fight disease, says Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor.

Pretoria - The fraud case against Czech national Radovan Krejcir was postponed in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court today.

Kimberley - Northern Cape Premier Hazel Jenkins announced her new provincial executive committee on Monday.

Pretoria - While South Africa's tourism industry has made great strides and noted some successes, many challenges still lay ahead, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has said.

Pretoria - Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu says her appointment as Deputy Minister of Public Works is an indication that disabled people can also be productive.

Pretoria - Deputy Home Affairs Minister Fatima Chohan has urged the youth of Roodeport to apply for identity documents, saying it would be become a vital document in their lives.