South Africa

Pretoria - Power has been restored to most parts of Chiawelo in Soweto following protest action, Eskom said on Wednesday.

Durban - It's only a matter of hours before an announcement is made on which of one of the three cities - Munich, Annecy and Pyeongchang - will get to host the 2018 Games.

Pretoria - Government has sent a stern warning to traders who break the provisions of the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act (RICA).

Pretoria - Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale on Tuesday announced that from January 2013, government will construct new low-cost houses in Lenasia, where houses that were built on illegally acquired land were demolished last month.

Pretoria - Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant says her department has noted the farmworkers' intention to go on strike for better pay and working conditions.

Pretoria - The official memorial service for the late former President of the Constitutional Court and Chief Justice, Arthur Chaskalson, will take place on Wednesday at the Johannesburg City Hall.

Pretoria - Limpopo police have rearrested one of the province's most wanted suspects - Moses Mushe Nemudzivhadi.

Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal's dismissal of the appeal by the Justice Alliance of South Africa and the False Bay Gun Club, where the appellants sought compensation for all firearms voluntarily surrendered for destruction.

Pretoria - Transport Minister Ben Martins has conveyed his condolences to the family of Free State Health MEC, Fezi Ngubentombi, who died in a car crash in Qwaqwa at the weekend.

Pretoria - The Jobs Fund, announced by President Jacob Zuma in 2011, has to date approved funding for 54 initiatives, including innovative business incubation models to develop SMMEs, the Treasury says.

Pretoria - Cape Town's iconic Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) was officially inaugurated as a New 7 Wonders of Nature in Pretoria on Monday.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma's scheduled visit to Nelspruit, Mpumalanga for a Siyahlola Presidential Monitoring Programme has been adversely delayed by bad weather conditions.

Johannesburg - Bafana Bafana will play three friendly matches in preparation for the upcoming 2013 Africa Nations Cup (Afcon).

Mbombela - The South African government must be seen to be supporting people living with disabilities instead of just talking about it, says Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities Lulu Xingwana.

Pretoria - South Africa and Vietnam are to sign a Memorandum of Understanding next week in a bid to address the scourge of rhino poaching in the country.