South Africa

Pretoria - Excitement around the Parliamentary precinct is building ahead of President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address tomorrow evening.

Durban - The first week of the annual UN climate change summit is usually a relatively sedate affair and COP17 in Durban has certainly not been an exception.

South Africans from all walks of life gathered today at the Union Buildings, 18 years after the first democratic elections were held in South Africa, to reflect on what Freedom Day means to them and what it should mean for future generations.

Pretoria - Motorists have been given an early Christmas present in the form of a petrol price decrease.

Pretoria - The recent ward councillors' summit in the North West has identified strategic intervention methods which will help the Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs to accelerate and improve service delivery.

Pretoria - The South African Football Association (Safa) has praised the appointment of Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale to FIFA's Media Committee.

Pretoria - Motorists are expected to fill up their tanks in numbers on Tuesday as the price of all grades of petrol will rise by 28 cents a litre at midnight.

South Africans celebrate Freedom Day in order to ensure that the present does not erase the past, and in order to protect the future, says President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - The newly renovated Johannesburg Forensic Services Laboratory is expected to be fully functional and hard at work soon.

Pretoria - The petrol price is to come down by 55 cents a litre, the Energy Department said on Friday.

Pretoria - The South African government has welcomed the reconciliation agreement between the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and Hamas.

President Jacob Zuma says special remission of sentence to specific categories of sentenced offenders, probationers and parolees will be granted.

Pretoria - Former President Thabo Mbeki will not be able to attend the State of the Nation Address on Thursday.

Pretoria - The remains of South African Air Force (SAAF) members, who died in the Dakota C-47 accident on 5 December, will be handed over to their next-of-kin on Wednesday.

Cape Town - The Department of Trade and Industry wants to run a regular small business census to help improve its support and funding to the sector as part of a revised policy to boost support to small businesses.