South Africa

Pretoria - The Higher Education South Africa (HESA) board has appointed Jeffrey Mabelebele as its new chief executive officer with immediate effect.

Pretoria - Tensions ran high at the Independent Electoral Office's (IEC) Results Operation Centre in Pretoria earlier this afternoon when the African National Congress lost the two thirds majority it held earlier.

Pretoria - Deputy Minister of Public Works, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu has spoken openly about her challenges as a partially sighted woman.

Nelspruit - The Mpumalanga Water Indaba is expected to tackle the immediate and long term water problems affecting the province.

Pretoria -The ruling African National Congress has won the 2009 General Elections by a comfortable margin over opposition parties.

Nelspruit - Mpumalanga's new Premier David "DD" Mabuza announced his provincial cabinet on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Helen Zille is set to be the new premier of the Western Cape, following the Democratic Alliance's win in the province.

Durban - The Kruger National Park (KNP) will reserve three of its camps exclusively for foreign tourists attending the 2010 FIFA World Cup games.

Johannesburg - Gauteng MEC for Education, Barbara Creecy, is to open the refurbished Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

KwaZulu-Natal - The Department of Defence and Military Veterans has convened a Board of Enquiry to investigate the cause of yesterday's helicopter crash in KwaZulu-Natal.

Bhisho - Bhisho Airport is expected to have the first commercial airline landing on its runways in the near future.

Pretoria- A fire which broke out at the Pretoria Magistrate's Court earlier on Monday has resulted in 12 prisoners being trapped inside the court building.

Pretoria - Provincial Health Departments have been directed to settle their debt to Nestlé South Africa which provides certain state hospitals with infant formula.

Pretoria -The ruling African National Congress has won the 2009 General Elections by a comfortable margin over opposition parties.

Port Elizabeth - Newly appointed Minister of Environment and Water Affairs, Buyelwa Sonjica has urged South Africans to use water wisely and consider it as an essential source for sustainable development.