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Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will on Monday join 60 other world leaders in Rome to seek a solution to reducing global hunger.
Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises will on Monday kick off a four-day tour to various State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) beginning with South African Airways (SAA).
Former cricket administrator and South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) board member, Ray Mali, is expected to take over as an interim administrator of Athletics South Africa (ASA) this morning.
The Independent Development Trust (IDT) has unveiled a Contract Development Programme aimed at providing opportunities to emerging contractors in the building and construction industries.
Bafana Bafana on Saturday ended their losing streak during their international friendly against Japan when they drew nil-nil.
President Jacob Zuma has described the late Eleanor Kasrils as an outstanding patriot, who had compassion, humanity and integrity.
South Africa's Ambassador to Malawi, Ntombi Mabude, is in a stable condition and recovering from her injuries after a car crash in Isipingo, Durban in KwaZulu-Natal.
The institution of traditional leadership must be strengthened and afforded its rightful place in the hearts and minds of our people, says President Jacob Zuma.
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Maite Nkoana Mashabane will return to South Africa on Sunday after concluding a working visit in India.
Seven people aged between 25 and 35 were arrested in Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria by the Tshwane Metro Police on Saturday for possession and dealing in illicit drugs.
President Jacob Zuma is expected to meet with South African musicians and actors next week to discuss their role and contribution to social cohesion and nation building.
Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has called on all South Africans to take more responsibility for their safety on the country's roads.
South Africa is looking forward to working with Nigerian businesses to further open up trade opportunities and allow investment to grow between the two countries, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.
THE South African commissioner to Uganda has called for the promotion of peaceful conflict resolution programmes to end wars on the African continent.
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A Dysseldorp hawker is claiming R100 000 from the minister of justice and an Oudtshoorn magistrate after he was put behind bars for two months for failing to appear in court on theft charges.
The police are searching for a Cape Town security guard accused of murdering a colleague late on Sunday night.
Infrastructural sharing among telecom operators has been identified as a major way to grow African telecommunication market as all the stakeholders stand to benefit from such development.
The Nigeria-South Africa Bi-national Commission (BNC) 10th Year Anniversary celebration which took place in Abuja between November 12 and 14, 2009 marked yet another significant step in building a strong political and socio economic relationships between the two countries.
Before he died in a hail of police bullets, kwaMaphumulo taxi boss Bongani Mkhize made one of the most startling interventions in the annals of South African law.
As the deadly typhoon Mirinae battered their yacht in the middle of the South China Sea, all the three young Capetonians aboard could think about was abandoning ship in an attempt to survive.
After a week of searching for a missing eight-year-old boy of Mitchells Plain, police have taken one of the boy's close relatives into custody for questioning.
A Tafelsig woman who says she was raped and then let down by the authorities and NGOs at every turn has secured the assurance of two provincial government ministers that they will investigate the matter.
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