South Africa

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

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Durban - South Africa's international season got off to a dismal start with Australia handing the world champions a 39-20 defeat in the first Tri-Nations game at the Olympic Stadium in Sydney.

Musina- A two-day anti-crime crusade kicks off in Limpopo on Monday.

Pretoria - Newly elected councillors are set to get a taste of what local government operations are all about in an induction programme by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

Johannesburg - South Africa will count on the support of the business sector to enable the country to realise its plans to cut carbon emissions as part of a government response to climate change, International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana -Mashabane said on Monday.

Pretoria - Hundreds of people at ZZ2 Farms in Limpopo have joined the country's HIV counseling and testing campaign.

Pretoria - The success of the recent Local Government Elections in South Africa has once again demonstrated the country's growth as a democracy and how it continues to attract the respect of the international community, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Government has strongly rejected claims in the weekend press reports under the headline, "Ministers duck MPs' queries" that certain Cabinet Ministers disregard Parliamentary oversight by failing to answer Parliamentary questions.