South Africa

Cape Town - The proposed protection from Harassment Bill is set for finalisation by next week.

Pretoria - Boards and auditors have an important role to play in ensuring that codes of conduct are followed so as to avoid the failure of governance, Finance Deputy Minister Nhlanhla Nene says.

Pretoria - Mpumalanga residents in the Highveld, which includes areas like Witbank, Groblersdal, Ermelo, Standerton, Belfast, Secunda, Middleburg, are being warned of possible severe thunderstorms.

Pretoria - National Police Commissioner General Bheki Cele on Wednesday visited the troubled area of KwaDukuza, in KwaZulu-Natal - the scene of violent protests over the past few days.

Pretoria - Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza has directed four provincial MECs to chart a process to review existing security measures at all health facilities.

Pretoria - As part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup legacy, the South African Football Association (Safa) revisited the North West with its second grassroots development programme aimed at nurturing and developing aspirant young footballer's skills.

Cabinet held its ordinary meeting in Cape Town on 08 June 2011.

Johannesburg - South African soccer fans have been promised that they will not experience another "black-out" when Bafana Bafana take on Sierra Leone in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier match on Saturday evening.

Pretoria - The Junior Doctors Association of South Africa (Judasa) has declared 15 June 2011 a National Day of Mourning, where doctors will be taking to the streets demanding improved security at public hospitals.

Pretoria - It's time to stock up on winter essentials - if you have not yet done so - as the South African Weather Services (SAWS) says cold conditions will remain in most parts of the country following yesterday's rains and falling of snow in some areas.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal has made major inroads in the fight against HIV by providing azidothymidine treatment (AZT) to all pregnant women who attended provincial antenatal clinics, dramatically reducing the transmission rate from mother to child.

Pretoria - South Africa has strongly denounced the suicide bombing in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, which killed about 70 people and injured more than 150.

Cape Town - Cabinet spokesperson Jimmy Manyi has pleaded with the mainstream media not only to criticise but to report on important information which South Africans deserve to know.

Pretoria - South Africans should honour the memory of the late struggle icon Albertina Sisulu by emulating the example she set, says Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.

Pretoria - Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has welcomed the 25-year sentences imposed on three Mozambican rhino poachers by the Phalaborwa Regional Court.