Bloemfontein - More than 8 700 books will be stocked in mobile libraries in an effort to improve the literacy levels of learners and teachers at primary and high schools across the Free State.
Most education stakeholders have welcomed the recommendations made by a task team that was composed to look at the implementation of the National Curriculum Statement (NCS).
Pietermaritzburg - The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government is to increase the number of no-fee schools within the province to enable all South Africans to access quality education.
Johannesburg - The face of Soweto will change with the establishment of the Soweto Empowerment Zone (SEZ), a support facility for small businesses in the township.
Pretoria - The Department of Human Settlements will embark on activities starting Monday, to mark the annual Human Settlements week.
Boksburg - The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) is organising a workshop aimed at finding ways to take Knowledge Management (KM) to a higher level.
Pretoria - Cabinet has approved the new international marketing logo for South Africa.
Johannesburg - Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has urged people living with HIV and AIDS to work with government to intensify the fight against the disease.
Pretoria -The North West Department of Health and Social Development will be putting 40 new ambulances on the road in the coming weeks in a further effort to improve emergency services throughout the province
Johannesburg - The Gauteng Provincial Health Department has allayed fears that there might be an outbreak of meningitis in the province.
Pretoria - Police have confirmed that no explosives were found in both the Johannesburg Magistrates Court and the South Gauteng High Court, after a bomb scare earlier today
Pretoria - The Producer Price Index (PPI) for January 2009 has come in at 9.2 percent year-on-year (y/y) which is 1.8 percent lower than December's figure of 11 percent y/y, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported on Thursday.
Pretoria - Government is to honour the life of Sarah Bartmann by establishing the Sarah Centre of Remembrance, the Sarah Bartmann Human Rights Memorial and the Khoi-San Heritage Route, during the month of March.
Bekkersdal - The Gauteng Department of Health has opened another health centre dedicated to serving people infected with HIV and AIDS in Bekkersdal and Westonaria in the West Rand.
Pretoria - The eThekwini Municipality's Community Participation and Action Support Unit will on Thursday launch the Grant-In-Aid Programme.
