South Africa could have its first nuclear power plant by the year 2020 if Cabinet approves a proposal expected to be put forward by the Ministry of Energy.

The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government has set aside R20 million to rebuild houses for the families who were left homeless after a storm hit the Nkwezela area on 6 November.

With just over 200 days to go before the kick-off of the world's biggest soccer event to hit African soil, there is no question that the country is ready to host a spectacular and memorable extravaganza.

The Mpumalanga Department of Water Affairs is to launch a water compliance, monitoring and enforcement campaign in Malalane to help deal with the province's water crimes.

Motorists across the country have been warned to drive with care and reduce their speed with the cold and wet weather expected to persist throughout the weekend.

South Africa's internet broadband penetration is at 2 percent below the global average of 22.5 percent, Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda said on Thursday.

Mpumalanga's MEC for Community Safety, Security and Liaison Sibongile Manana says her department and the police are ready to fight crime this festive season.

Eighteen-month-old Marathino Christiaan Ohlssom was left to sleep alone in a house tucked away in a vineyard on a Worcester farm one Friday morning, while his great grandmother fetched pepper from a neighbour.

WITH the decision of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly declaring July 18 "Nelson Mandela International Day", we all now have the historic opportunity to share in the legacy of the legendary Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.

Nine former rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) last week surrendered to the Congolese army, bringing the total number of defectors in the last five months to 51.

A report describing soldiers' service conditions as a "ticking time bomb" demanded urgent action and should be made public, Democratic Alliance MP David Maynier said yesterday.

Charles Taylor was "not honest" with the United Nations Panel of Experts set up to investigate his alleged dealings with Sierra Leonean rebels, prosecutors told the Special Court for Sierra Leone today during cross-examination of the accused former Liberian president.

The case of the two top leaders of FDLR who were arrested in Germany on Tuesday will be re-examined in three months.

In response to reports that Kenya is recruiting youth to go and fight Somalia war, a Muslim clergy has cautioned Muslim youth not to allow themselves to be drawn by financial incentives and accept to undertake mercenary work outside the

A UN court, the ICTR has acquitted a Catholic priest charged with genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Shs 500bn spent on army per year but soldiers live in huts, lack toilets, dead bodies kept in patients wards

The Nigerian Army has disclosed that one Lt. Col. SS Jock, who is presently in court for wrongful court martial and dismissal, was retired and not court martialed.

FOR the Nigeria Navy (NN), they are nothing but a bunch of impersonators masquerading as naval officers. And this is why it has sworn to deal with these

WORRIED by the high rate of violence associated with general election, Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr Yakubu Alkali, has sought for extra arms and ammunition to meet up with the challenges as the 2011 general election draw nearer.