South Africa

Pretoria - The first Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Dr Sizakele Sigxashe, passed away on Wednesday.

Pretoria - A new Municipal Infrastructure Support Agency (MISA), which was announced yesterday, is expected to accelerate service delivery in municipalities.

East London - The upgrading of the Eastern Cape's Kei Rail network to allow trains to travel between Durban and Cape Town is set to begin by 2016.

Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs is to extend operating hours at some of the country's ports of entry to make the holiday season travelling a little easier.

Pretoria - The Producer Price Index (PPI) slowed to 10.1% in November, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Thursday.

Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has called for provincial police coordination to be prioritised in order to deal with crime more effectively.

Pretoria - More than 670 vehicles were removed from the national roads as part of the festive season holiday traffic law enforcement operations.

Pretoria - COP17 President and International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has hailed the historic Durban climate change talks, saying the agreement reached there has restored confidence in multilateral institutions and multiple-party engagements.

Pretoria - International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has set the record straight over reports of her overseas hotel stays and charted flights.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has described the Gallows Museum at Pretoria Central Correctional Centre as a place where the political prisoners who were hanged there can be honoured and the past can be buried.

Pretoria - Several testing stations across the country face closure as the National Department of Transport forges ahead with efforts to make the South African roads safer, Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has warned

Pretoria - The families of those who were executed at the gallows at the Pretoria Central Prison during apartheid for political crimes were this week given the opportunity to visit the gallows - many for the first time.

Thohoyandou - Churches, traditional authorities and civic organisations in Limpopo have been urged to help expose those who abuse women and children.

Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise says she is shocked and saddened by the death of Kgosi Peter Bazabaza Motsepe of the Bakgatla Ba-Mmakau Traditional Council.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Local Government and Housing Department has expressed deep concern at the continued illegal selling and purchasing of land from syndicates operating in Lenasia.