IBM has won an extension to an existing seven-year contract from Norwegian industrial conglomerate Orkla's arm Sapa to provide infrastructure services and application maintenance services. Datamonitor estimates the value of contract to be approximately $70m.

Text of report by South African news agency SAPA website Bloemfontein Aug 4 Sapa: The police, South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and various other security and disaster management agencies started with a week long 2010 FIFA World Cup training exercise around Bloemfontein on Monday.

Text of report by South African news agency SAPA website Cape Town, July 16: Petrochemical giant Sasol and Mozambique state oil company Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) are preparing to start drilling for natural gas in deep water off that country's coast.

Text of report by South African news agency SAPA website South Africa welcomed the decision of the United Nations Security Council not to impose sanctions against Zimbabwe, foreign affairs said on Saturday.

Text of report by South African news agency SAPA website South Africa on Friday [6 June] called on Zimbabwean political parties to "desist from any action" that may prevent a free and fair presidential run-off election in that country.