South Africa

Johannesburg - Promotion of locally manufactured goods was critical to South Africa's growth and job creation, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Monday.

Pretoria - Ajax Cape Town midfielder, Thulani Serero, was on Monday dropped from the Bafana Bafana squad to face Egypt on the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier match next month.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo will be paying unannounced visits to 10 hospitals that continue to feature in the headlines for poorly serving communities.

Pretoria - Cabinet has commended South Africans for supporting the Springboks before they departed for

Cape Town - China's top legislator Wu Bangguo arrived in Cape Town on Tuesday, starting an official goodwill visit to South Africa at the invitation of the Speaker of South Africa's National Assembly, Max Sisulu.

Pretoria - Cabinet has condemned the spate of violent protests in separate incidents across the countr

Pretoria - Cabinet has encouraged all South Africans to participate in the National Heritage Day celeb

Cape Town - Higher Education and Training Minister, Blade Nzimande, has allayed some concerns within the Sector Education Training Authorities (Setas) that his reforms would take away government funding.

Pretoria - Cabinet has approved the publication of the Plant Breeders Rights Amendment Bill, 2011 for

Pretoria - South Africa has pledged to make a contribution to the rebuilding of Libya as signs of an imminent end to Muammar Gaddafi's regime have begun to emerge.

Pretoria - Steady progress is being made with regards to the processing of firearm licence applications, says Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa.

Pretoria - South Africa's murder rate has decreased by 6.5% in the past year, dropping below the 16 00

Pretoria - The war on rape is far from being won and more attention needs to be given to curb the scou

Cape Town - The Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor wants funding allocated to all research councils - both inside and outside of her department - to fall under one roof to improve co-ordination and resourcing of the country's research councils.

Pretoria - One of the biggest improvements noted in the crime statics for the 2010/11 financial year w