South Africa

Pretoria - Home Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has welcomed the arrest of three Egyptians at the department's office in Springs.

Mbombela – While land restitution will be faster than before, it will be a stricter process, says Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform Lechesa Tsenoli.

Pretoria - Motorists are advised that the Allandale Road Interchange on the N1 Ben Schoeman Freeway will be closed to traffic from 9pm on Friday to 13pm on Saturday.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana coach, Carlos Alberto Perreira is back in the country to take charge of the struggling national team.

Pretoria – The disbursement of the Jobs Fund has lagged due to initial delays caused by the manual processing of applications, as well as delays in finalising contractual arrangements with grantees

Pretoria - Government has decided to terminate the controversial contract to purchase eight military A400 Airbus strategic lift aircraft.

Pretoria - Ministers have committed themselves to ensure that all outstanding parliamentary questions are answered before parliament rises.

Pretoria - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has delivered a well balanced Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), says Senior Economist at Investment Solutions, Chris Hart.

Pretoria - The initiative by Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga to introduce changes to the National Curriculum Statement (NCS) has been commended by Cabinet.

Cabinet held its ordinary meeting in Cape Town yesterday, 4 November 2009.

Pretoria - National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele has roped in church leaders in the fight against crime as the government steps up its war against criminals.

Pretoria - Child pornography is increasing at an alarming rate in South Africa, according to Deputy Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba.

Pretoria - South Africa's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figure at market prices for the fourth quarter of 2008 has contracted by 1.8 percent quarter-on-quarter (q/q) from 0.2 percent growth in the third quarter, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced on Tuesday.

South Africa is today recognized and highly respected as a peace broker by the international community, especially in Africa where countries have been plagued by instability and war, writes Edwin Tshivhidzo.

Pretoria - South Africa and Swaziland are to strengthen legal ties through the singing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two countries.