South Africa

Pretoria - The Department of Military Veterans is to donate food hampers to more than 60 members of the South African Military Veterans Association (SANMVA) on Friday.

Pretoria - While social commentators, educators and parents grapple with the question of HIV testing for school children, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality begins its 2011 run of the high school public speaking competition addressing the same issue as from Friday.

Pretoria - All prepaid electricity customers in Ekurhuleni are now able to purchase electricity both through third party vendors and at the municipal offices, following the recovery of the IT system that went down on Sunday evening.

Pretoria - South African Airways Cargo (SAA Cargo) has congratulated Toyota Imperial for coming second in the Dakar Rally.

Pretoria - Global leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting have called for intensified efforts to improve the productivity and sustainability of the world's food systems, saying it is time to "step up to scale up".

Pretoria - The SABC board has failed in executing its duties, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Communications said at its meeting with the broadcaster on Wednesday.

Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has vowed that no stone will be left unturned in the investigation of allegations of irregularities in the appointment of a law firm that is conducting hearings against a suspended head of department.

Pretoria - Government has welcomed the office of the Auditor General’s report, which it says provided useful and relevant information on the use of consultants by government.

Pretoria - The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) has come out to emphatically reject allegations of bias in the Sishen and Imperial Crown Trading (ICT) mining rights issue.

Pretoria - Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane has urged all people in the province who qualify to vote and are yet to register on the voters' roll to go out and register for the upcoming local government elections.

Polokwane - The Limpopo Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is faced with the challenge of opening voting stations for the voter registration weekend, starting tomorrow, in two flood-ravaged municipalities.

Pretoria - Western Cape Education MEC Donald Grant commended the provincial class of 2010 for remaining strong throughout the challenges in the learning environment.

Johannesburg - Two departments in the Gauteng Provincial Government received clean audit reports, while 11 departments received unqualified reports for the 2009/2010 financial year.

Pretoria - The Free State Department of Labour has urged workers to value protective gear provided by their employers as it is meant for their safety.

Pretoria - Celebrating active ageing, almost 1 000 older persons will forget about their illnesses associated with old age as they will be showing off their sports skills in the National Golden Games.