Pretoria, South Africa News

By Noor-Jehan Yoro Badat Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was dogged by criticism during her time as minister - but to her husband Mendi she was not only his wife, but also his "love, friend and comrade in arms". Yesterday, at the former health minister's funeral in Pretoria, her youngest son Mandla - reading his father's tribute - gave this rare insight ...

By Noor Jehan Yoro-Badat Though she was controversial in life, in death former Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang had been paid huge respect at her funeral.

President Jacob Zuma has hailed the late Manto Tshabalala-Msimang as a leader in the struggle to free the country from the bondage of Apartheid and Colonialism.

The minister for Water and Environmental Affairs, Buyelwa Sonjica, said on Tuesday that the agreement that South Africa had signed at the climate change talks in Copenhagen last week was "not acceptable". "For us it's not acceptable, it's definitely not acceptable, it's disappointing," the minister said in Pretoria before the funeral of the former ...

By William Tshabalala and Karabo Seanego Nicole Flint, the new Miss South Africa, went from being an ordinary Pretoria girl to the fairest woman in the country at the weekend.

The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on December 15, 2009, accepted the resignation of the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Pretoria and Military Ordinary for South Africa, presented by Bishop Paul Mandla Khumalo, CMM, in conformity with canon 401 2 of the Code of Canon Law.

When Frank Falcone discovered his son, Liam, inhaling lighter fuel in his bedroom a few months ago, he tore a strip off him, but never told the rest of the family what he had found.

Unions will march in Pretoria on Saturday morning to demand the banning of labour brokers, a spokesman said.

The funeral of former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang will be held in Pretoria on Tuesday, government spokesperson for the funeral arrangements Charles Nqakula said.

By Political Bureau and BARRY BATEMAN THE PRESIDENCY is finalising plans for a special official funeral for former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who died on Wednesday of complications from the liver transplant she underwent two years ago.

By Poloko Tau and Sapa In a Gauteng road and neighbourhood safety operation, a South African diplomat has been arrested for speeding and a father nabbed after a gun was found hidden under his two-month-old baby's swaddling.

By Sibusiso Ngalwa, Xolani Mbanjwa and Sibusiso Sgwane The ANC will not give up on its outspoken youth leader, Julius Malema, until it was convinced that his head proved harder than "cooked stones". This was according to deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe who told reporters yesterday that the ruling party remained convinced that Malema could still ...

South Africa still had a long way to go toward reconciliation, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.

President Jacob Zuma is expected to deliver a key note Reconciliation Day address later today, this as celebrations are already underway at Freedom Park, south-west of the Pretoria central business district.

The ANC Youth League will fight any attempts by "greedy yellow communists" to control the party, its president Julius Malema said.

The National Prosecuting Authority must report to the government because some of its decisions have "implications", says President Jacob Zuma.

THE Settle-to-Carlisle line has been named the second-best train trip in the world by an American news network.

Police officers must not allow criminals to kill them, National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele said on Monday.

By Mogomotsi Magome and Barry Bateman Yet another bus accident on the notorious Moloto Road claimed four more lives yesterday.

By Christelle Terreblanche Political Bureau In a judgment that could have implications for about 1 000 soldiers dismissed after their illegal demonstration at the Union Buildings, the Gauteng North High Court has told the SANDF it may only dismiss soldiers after a process in which they have had proper representation.