The Reserve Bank is under pressure to balance the potential of a full-blown financial crisis in Europe with weak growth domestically.

Three members of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union involved in a national baggage handlers strike were arrested on Wednesday after they allegedly assaulted six non-striking workers of Equity Aviation Services on Monday. Earlier the African National Congress urged the two parties to return to the negotiating table.

The Gautrain Rapid Rail Link will be ready for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, the project leader said on Tuesday. "It's a brave man who says it straight like that but the answer is yes, we will commission the whole system in time for the World Cup," said Jack van der Merwe, chief executive of the Gautrain project.

Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant on Monday added her voice to the debate on "decent work", at the annual labour policy conference in Pretoria.

The ANC Youth League says the Constitution must be changed to allow the expropriation of land without compensation.

President Jacob Zuma has told the national cohesion summit the 2010 World Cup should be an example of what a united South Africa could be like.

The ANC discussion document on international relations says the UN, World Bank and International Monetary Fund must be reformed.

The ANC has no appetite for the youth wage subsidy put forward by the Treasury last year in an attempt to alleviate the high youth unemployment rate.