South Africa

Los Angeles - George Clooney, Michelle Williams and Meryl Streep are the early winners at the 69th Golden Globe Awards held Sunday evening at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles.

Pretoria - Metrorail has beefed up its security strategy to effectively deal with the activities of rail services vandalism.

Pretoria - About eight South Africans are recovering at a hotel in Italy after what began as a luxury cruise holiday turned into a nightmare.

Pretoria - Home Affairs Deputy Minister Fatima Chohan has encouraged learners to apply for identity documents during her visit to two Cape Town schools on Monday.

Pretoria - Preliminary figures for the 2011/2012 festive season road death toll report show a decrease in road fatalities compared to the previous festive season's report.

Pretoria - Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk is currently on a two-day visit to India to promote South Africa as a tourism destination and highlight the potential and importance of India as a source market for tourism to South Africa.

Pretoria - Several government departments have come under fire in a report by Auditor-General Terrence Nombembe which found a series of irregularities, poor financial controls and reporting by departments.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed five members to the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) board, his office announced on Monday.

Addis Ababa - The election of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) has been postponed to July at the next AU summit, a South African official attending the summit said on Monday.

Pretoria - The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Acting Deputy-Director General Sue Middleton has decided not to extend the west coast rock lobster recreational season.

Pretoria - Power utility Eskom has continued to call on South Africans and the corporate world to make a 10% savings on electricity.

Pretoria - A new Bill gazetted today aims to boost job creation and industrialisation in outlying areas through the licensing of special economic zones (SEZs).

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed Thami Ka Plaatjie as a non-executive member of the Board of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).

Mbabane - South Africans and their Swazi counterparts are expected to enjoy various economic spin-offs from the development of a 146 kilometre rail line between the two countries.

Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has called on all parents of learners to participate in the 2012 School Governing Body (SGB) elections at their children's schools.