South Africa

Mbombela - The Mpumalanga Provincial Government has set aside R2.8 billion for infrastructure projects in the coming financial year, which starts on 1 April.

Pretoria - Minister of Home Affairs, Naledi Pandor, is expected to deliver a paper under the theme "Collaborating for Change" at the fourth World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in Doha, Qatar.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, has unveiled the first batch of revamped state-of-the-art mobile clinics in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday.

Johannesburg - Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Obed Bapela last night urged government communicators to use all platforms available to them to ensure government's message reached every citizen in the country.

Pretoria - The department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has temporarily suspended the harvesting of West Coast rock lobster under the sixth interim relief dispensation.

Ludondolo - The Nelson Mandela Legacy Bridge currently under construction at former President Nelson Mandela's birthplace, Mvezo village in the Eastern Cape, will attract tourists to the area, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti said on Wednesday.

Pretoria - The Department of Environmental Affairs says it has decided to enter into negotiations with Indalo Yethu Trust to discuss its dissolution following a review to determine the viability of the organisation.

Pretoria - Praise has poured in for the second president of the ANC, Sefako Makgatho, who has been described as a patriot who selflessly dedicated his life to a truly free, non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous South Africa.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed leading businesswoman Charlotte Chichi Maponya as the new chairperson of Brand SA.

Malalane - A policeman has been accused of shooting a young man in the jaw while he was walking home in a village in Mpumalanga.

Pretoria - The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) has set petroleum pipeline tariffs allowing transport parastatal Transnet a 31.6% increase in allowable revenue.

Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma told Parliament on Thursday that it was not fair to commit now to releasing the findings of the commission of inquiry on the arms deal that he set up last year, but added that he would be guided by the commission itself on whether or not to make the findings public.

Pretoria - A man was shot and killed outside Builders Warehouse in Sunninghill early this morning in what is believed to be a botched robbery and hijacking.

Pretoria - Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane's son, Africa, today appeared in court and pleaded guilty to a drug-related offence.

Durban - Government is looking for more efficient and effective ways to increase access to and availability of electricity to all South Africans.