South Africa

Pretoria - Gauteng matrics are being given the opportunity to prepare for their exams in an unusually fun way.

Johannesburg - The African National Congress (ANC) is gearing itself for a busy year ahead as it deals with the socio-economic challenges facing the country at its National Executive Committee (NEC) lekgotla.

Pretoria - Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has set her department a deadline of a little more than five months to complete the process of documenting Zimbabwean nationals.

Pretoria - The appointment of Provincial Advisory Board (PAB) members to the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) is expected to help speed up the agency's mandate at provincial level.

Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs has received more than 18 000 applications from Zimbabweans since the start of the documentation process.

Johannesburg - If the targets for the new and improved plan to stop Tuberculosis (TB) are met, more than five million lives could be saved in the next five years.

Pretoria - Abbott Laboratories has agreed to withdraw the drugs Ectiva and Reductil from the South African market.

Pretoria - National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele has ordered a nationwide search, led by top Hawks detectives, for a group of men who robbed a North West police station.

Pretoria - Learners who were photographed drinking alcoholic ciders while on their way to school on Wednesday may face legal charges.

Pretoria - More than R3.8 million has been collected in Kwazulu-Natal since the beginning of the amnesty for outstanding traffic fines, Durban police said on Wednesday.

Pretoria - A 31-year-old man has handed himself over to Johannesburg police in connection with Tuesday's arms cache find in Katlehong on the East Rand.

Pretoria - This week, after decades of war and genocide, Southern Sudanese are lining up in droves to vote on a referendum that will determine whether the people of South Sudan want to remain part of one country or to become a separate state.

Pretoria - About 46 professional drivers in the North West will take to the streets on Friday to show off their advanced driving skills.

Pretoria - Fourteen candidates have been shortlisted for appointment to the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Board.

Pretoria - With the South African Weather Services having predicted a 60 to 80 percent chance of rain for most parts of the country this weekend, the City of Johannesburg is preparing for possible flooding.