African National Congress Youth League spokesperson Floyd Shivambu called for the creation of a state bank on Thursday.

Eskom said on Thursday it has received a loan of R15-billion from the Development Bank of Southern Africa to fund new power projects.

It is estimated that 5,6-million South Africans are infected with HIV/Aids in 2008, said the Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA) on Tuesday. The HIV prevalence rates from the ASSA 2003 model are " roughly consistent" with the national prevalence survey conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday accused Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang of keeping Aids statistics low after an official report was released by the Development Bank of South Africa. "The minister of health must explain why official statistics are so low," said DA spokesperson and MP Sandy Kalyan.

South African pay-TV consumers will soon have a choice between many new broadcast channels -- this after the Independent Communication Authority of South Africa awarded pay-TV licences to four new players during a press briefing in Johannesburg on Wednesday. The companies granted licences were Telkom Media, E-Sat, On Digital Media and Walking on Water.