South African civil servants have suspended their three-week-old strike while workers at the country's public schools, hospitals and courts decide whether to accept the government's latest wage offer.

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Health Department spokesperson Fidel Hadebe said nurses in the provinces reported for duty for their morning shifts. There have been no reports of violence or intimidation so far.

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The ruling ANC criticised its alliance partner Cosatu yesterday for its handling of the public sector strike, saying it should have been called off, not just suspended.

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Grumpy neighbours in Jeffreys Bay will have to put up with bright Christmas lights, decorations and crowds of noisy tourists in their area again this year after a full bench of the Grahamstown High Court ruled that the dazzling display did not constitute a neighbourhood “nuisance”.

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Cell C is blazing a trail in local broadband connectivity after the launch of Africa's first HSPA+ 900 network in Port Elizabeth

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Public Administration Minister Richard Baloyi has welcomed the news that unions are suspending the public sector strike.

Good news: Public Administration Minister Richard Baloyi has welcomed the news that unions are suspending the public sector strike. (Photo: Sapa)

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Foreign visitors to South Africa increased by more than 350 000 in the first four months of this year compared to the same period in 2009, says Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk.

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Building on this year’s exciting Street View launch in June that saw South Africa's wine industry featured on Google Maps, Google will be adding a further 19 SA wineries to the most comprehensive database of winelands imagery in the world

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The Springbok rugby team lost their last Tri-Nations Test of the 2010 campaign 41-39 after a shocking first half and despite a great comeback after the break.

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Foreign visitors to South Africa had risen by more than 350 000 for the first four months of this year as compared to the same period in 2009, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has said.

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More than 17 000 people from around the world have entered a contest to become a panda keeper for a month in China, organisers said on Friday, less than two weeks after the competition was launched.


Inset: In safe hands: More than 17 000 people from around the world have entered a contest to become a panda keeper for a month in China. (Photo: AP)

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The US networking giant Cisco has made an offer to acquire the Internet communications firm Skype, according to reports.

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The protracted public servants’ strike continued yesterday with Cosatu and the Independent Labour Caucus (ILC) declaring a “preliminary” rejection of the government’s latest pay offer.

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Next year’s Dias Festival, which will be held in Mossel Bay from the 3rd to the 6th of February, will be coordinated by Juanita Pienaar.

Inset: Members of the Dias Festival Joint Organising Committee (JOC) - from left: Dias Museum Complex manager Mbulelo Mrubata, Festival coordinator Juanita Pienaar, and Dias Museum Management Committee chairman, Harold Miller.

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Buy the sticker, dress differently, let your hair down! South Africans have been urged to help support people with disabilities by taking part in Casual Day on Friday, 3 September.

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President Jacob Zuma was again accused by the opposition on Wednesday of covering up the involvement of senior ANC officials in a scandal that saw companies pay bribes to the regime of Saddam Hussein to secure contracts under the United Nations Food-for-Oil Programme.

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Two highly-ranked International Sailing Federation (Isaf) coach trainers are in Mossel Bay to show South Africa’s entry-level coach assessors the ropes.

Inset: (From left) Isaf trainer Rich Percy, schools sail training consultant Hannah Percy, Isaf training and development manager Dan Jaspers and South African Sailing’s national training manager Rob Holden. (Photo: The Herald)

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A long night of negotiation between trade union leaders and Public Service Minister Richard Baloyi, under instruction from President Jacob Zuma, has produced a draft settlement offer that could bring an end to South Africa's near two-week long public service strike.

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South Africa's largest mobile phone group Vodacom is teaming up with Nedbank to deliver a phone-based cash transfer service, similar to a successful service operating in Kenya.

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According to a report today from Cricket South Africa, South African batsman AB de Villiers is ranked the No. 1 batsman in the world on the Reliance Mobile ICC One Day International (ODI) rankings.

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