South Africa

Bloemfontein - Free State Social Development MEC, Sisi Ntombela, has funded two youth projects in Odendaalsrus in an effort to assist them with the running of their projects.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is confident government will continue to work hard to improve the lives of South Africans as the country marks 16 years of freedom and democracy.

Pretoria - Home Affairs is to unveil a system today to help facilitate the secure movement of people in and out of the country in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Bushbuckridge - The Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) held a community meeting in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, on Saturday to educate communities about its role as police watchdog.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Health Department has increased security at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital following concerns over staff safety, Heath MEC Qedani Mahlangu announced on Wednesday.

Minister of Energy, Ms Dipuo Peters
Honourable Premier and MECs present,
Honourable Executive Mayor,
Members of the business community,
Leaders of various community formations
Distinguished Guests,
We meet just a day after Freedom Day, a day of celebrating the hard-fought and hard-won constitutional and non-racial democracy we have come to enjoy.

Johannesburg - A new system that will facilitate the secure movement of tourists into and out of the country and ensure their speedier processing at ports of entry was introduced on Wednesday, ahead of the upcoming FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March fell to 5.1 percent in line with market expectations.

Pretoria - The Presidency on Wednesday announced the resignation of Jessie Duarte as its Chief Operating Officer.

Pretoria-The kick-off of the 2010 FIFA World Cup on June 11 will coincide with the inaugural Festival of Africa.

Johannesburg- Tickets for the Bafana Bafana friendly international against Colombia at Soccer City tomorrow evening are selling like hot cakes says South African Football Association (Safa) CEO Leslie Sedibe.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has called on South Africans to save energy in an effort to avoid the load-shedding that plunged the country into darkness in 2007 and 2008.

Durban - In order for Africans to take charge of their land and themselves, they will need to look no further then themselves says Dr Lungile Bhengu-Baloyi

Pretoria- All tickets for Bafana Bafana's 2010 FIFA World Cup tune-up international friendly against Colombia at Soccer City Stadium this evening are sold out.

Standerton - Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza will lead the provincial HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign by doing a public HIV test on Friday.