South Africa

Pretoria - Crime Line, the anonymous tip-off service, is fast approaching the 2 000 mark in arrests ahead of its fifth anniversary in June.

Pretoria - Dr Sekwaila Masenya is a young medical doctor at Helen Joseph Hospital, who is passionate about saving peoples' lives but recently when her shift starts, she wonders if she will return home alive.

Pretoria -The South African Football Association (Safa) has officially filed a protest letter to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) following the controversial 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals.

Pretoria - Deputy Human Settlement Minister, Zou Kota-Fredericks, says the formalisation of 206 informal settlements in the country has been completed.

Pretoria - The Department of Labour's Compensation Fund (CF) is undertaking a major decentralisation drive in an effort to improve the fund's operational efficiency.

Mbombela - Nearly 500 young people from Mpumalanga have graduated from the National Youth Service skills development programme.

Pretoria - The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries aims to establish 50 000 commercially-orientated smallholder farmers focusing on homelands.

Pretoria - South Africa and Cuba have signed a R350-million Economic Assistance Package Agreement geared towards helping that country improve its food security,

Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma today called on the media to provide space for the government to get its message out, even if media owners disagreed with the views expressed.

Pretoria - The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is in the process of transforming Colleges of Agriculture into national Agricultural Training Institutes (ATIs).

Pretoria - Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has commended the multibillion rand contribution made by the Motor Industry Development Programme (MIDP) into the sector over the years.

Pretoria- The University of the Free State (UFS) graduation ceremony tickets, where American television host and actress, Oprah Winfrey will receive an honorary Doctorate in Education, were snapped up a few hours after they become available on Wednesday.

East London - Eastern Cape Premier Noxolo Kiviet has urged South African citizens to provide accurate, truthful and honest information to Stats SA officials who are currently conducting the 2011 Census count.

Pretoria - Top officials from South Africa and France have met in Pretoria to map a way forward on how to deepen political and economic relations between the two countries.

Pretoria - Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has appealed to the public to ensure that the people they allow into their homes during Census 2011 are indeed enumerators.