Johannesburg – On Friday, Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga and Transport Minister Ben Martins, joined by provincial transport MECs and stakeholders in the transport sector, signed the Decade of Action for Road Safety Pledge.
Krugersdorp – Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor says she is satisfied with the operations at the Lindela Repatriation Centre situated in Krugersdorp, near Johannesburg.
Pretoria - Eastern Cape learners who excel academically and demonstrate potential can stand a chance of getting one of the 42 transport bursaries by the department.
Pretoria - In a continued effort to provide broadband connectivity to more schools in South Africa, the Department of Communications and Vodacom today handed over a mobile computer centre and free data to the previously disadvantaged Jonguhlanga Secondary School in Mthatha.
Johannesburg - Tickets for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) final group stage match between Bafana Bafana and Morocco at Durban’s Moses Mabhida stadium on Sunday are sold out.
Pretoria - As part of the national anti-substance abuse campaign, Minister of Social Development Edna Molewa will be spending few days in the Free State informing the public about the harmful effects of substance abuse.
Pretoria – As calm returned to Zamdela informal settlement in Sasolburg on Friday, the Municipal Demarcations Board appealed for calm in communities insisting that no decision will be taken to amend municipal boundaries without proper consultations with all affected parties.
Pretoria - Farmers across the country have been advised to be extra vigilant for possible veldfires as rainfall remains below normal.
Washington - The White House is in close talks with Egyptian officials on Egypt's power transition amid the country's current political unrest.
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.
