Durban – The 19th World Transplant Games 2013 kicked off today in Durban amid revelations that some 4 000 patients face a bleak future while awaiting transplants in South Africa, as only 0.2% of the population are registered as organ donors.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has met with Academy Award-winning actor and activist Charlize Theron in Pretoria, where they discussed South Africa’s response to HIV/Aids and Theron’s role in the fight against the disease.
Durban – The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner Lt General Mammonye Ngobeni has expressed shock and disappointment following the senseless killing of five family members of Eshowe (Mbongolwane), some 146.9 km away from Durban at the weekend.
Pretoria – A relatively high number of employers in the hospitality sector in Mpumalanga’s Gert Sibande region are complying with the industry’s sectoral determination.
Durban – eThekwini Metro Municipality Mayor Councillor James Nxumalo has officially opened the World Transplant Games 2013 in Durban today.
Pretoria- An audit has revealed that 1 448 police employees have criminal records, the police ministry said on Sunday.
Pretoria- President Jacob Zuma has declared a special official funeral for the late former Chief Justice Pius Langa.
Pretoria - Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has called on religious leaders to play a more active role in healing victims of crime and rehabilitating offenders.
Pretoria- Prison is not a place to raise children, but hundreds of South African women are languishing in foreign jails for drug trafficking and those arrested while pregnant are forced to give birth in these jails.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe and his delegation of ministers swapped suits for overalls on Saturday during the war on poverty campaign in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality.
Port Elizabeth- Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe led a government delegation in a dialogue between government and the youth of Nelson Mandela Metro Municipality.
Johannesburg- Is the future of mining threatened in South Africa? Is the country about to lose its status as the continent’s mining power house? And what is the government doing to address the skills shortage in maths and science?
Johannesburg - The citrus industry will soon be exporting to China and India, as well as the African continent, as government has made a commitment to help farmers forge trade links with the two BRICS nations.
Pretoria - Government has dismissed allegations by the Mail & Guardian on the restructuring of the National Nuclear Energy Executive Co-ordinating Committee (NNEECC), with Acting Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) CEO Phumla Williams describing the newspaper’s report as devoid of truth.
Pretoria – Supply chain services company UTi has assured the Department of Basic Education that no schools were adversely affected by the shredding of 100 school workbooks from the 2012 school-year at its Empangeni warehouse.
