Johannesburg - The success of the newly established Department of Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities is dependent on the participation of civil society, says Minister Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya.
Pretoria - A team of about 50 specialists including doctors, paramedics and rescue dogs is expected to leave for earthquake ravaged Japan this evening.
Pretoria - The National Press Club has named World Cup Local Organising CEO Danny Jordan and football body FIFA President Sepp Blatter as its Newsmakers of the Year for 2010.
Tokyo - Radiation released by the damaged reactors at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has been high enough to be a threat to human health, said the Japanese government on Tuesday.
Tokyo - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Tuesday that radioactive levels have become high around the earthquake-stricken nuclear power plant Fukushima following a hydrogen explosion at the site.
Cape Town - Between 200 and 500 South Africans are said to have survived the worst earthquake and tsunami which shattered Japan last week.
Beijing - An aftershock measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted eastern Honshu, Japan on Tuesday, according to the China Earthquake Network Center.
Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma today praised the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for helping South Africa to be at the forefront of electoral transparency in the world.
Tokyo - As Japan struggles to contain a spiraling nuclear crisis, another fire has broken out at the quake-crippled No.4 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi plant, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, raising fears of more radiation contamination.
Washington - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said the mid-term election results showed people were frustrated and that progress in economic recovery had not taken place fast enough - taking responsibility for it.
