South Africa

Pretoria - Cabinet spokesperson Jimmy Manyi and parliamentary journalists met on Monday night in a first-of-its-kind gathering since Manyi took up the position.

Cape Town - An inspectorate to fight fraud and corruption in provinces and municipalities has been set up, the acting Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nathi Mthethwa, said on Tuesday.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, has called on health professionals and community leaders to work with the department to help prolong the lives of South Africans.

Durban - Gerhard Mostert will make his Springbok debut and is one of four changes to South Africa's starting XV for Saturday's Tri-Nations Test against New Zealand in Wellington.

Pretoria - The South African economy showed growth in the first quarter of 2011 of 4.8 percent, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Tuesday.

Pretoria - The Bavarian State Government has made a pledge to assist the Gauteng Provincial Government to integrate young people without school leaving qualifications into working life.

Pretoria - Gauteng province is to clamp down on all shebeens, taverns, pubs and other liquor traders who are violating the law by, among other things, selling alcohol to underage consumers.

Pretoria - Government has unveiled a series of measures which it says will help the country alleviate poverty and speed up job creation.

Pretoria - The Presidency says it "accepts and respects" the judgment of the Constitutional Court in the matter of the unconstitutionality and invalidity of Section 8 (a) of the Judges' Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act.

Pretoria - Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) say they will demand the Algerian government to hand over Muammar Gaddafi's family so that they can be trialed in Libyan courts.

Pretoria - Motorists will have to dig deeper into their pockets as petrol is set to increase by 17 cents, the Energy Department said on Friday.

Pretoria - Sports and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula strongly believes the national rugby team, the Springboks, will retain their championship title at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.

Pretoria - The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ebrahim Ebrahim, co-chaired a successful 9th SA-Cuba Joint Consultative Mechanism (JCM) meeting on Monday with his counterpart, Marcelino Medina Gonzalez in Cuba.

Pretoria - South Africa will this week engage the world football governing body, FIFA, to finalise preparations for the staging of the much anticipated match between World Cup champions Spain and Africa XI.

Pretoria - South Africa which is not a developed country faces development challenges, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies.