Johannesburg - The Office of the Premier in Gauteng will seek to improve management across all provincial departments as well as advance health, service delivery and technical capacity in the financial year ahead.
Cape Town - While inroads have been made in addressing some of the challenges facing the administration in Limpopo, more work still needs to be done to rectify the situation, says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has welcomed Mangwashi Victoria Phiyega as the new National Commissioner of Police.
Pretoria - People with disabilities are -- if not more -- vulnerable to HIV infection like the rest of the population, and they also face barriers to access to HIV and Aids services.
Pretoria - Public Service and Administration Minister Richard Baloyi says for good governance to prevail, Chapter 9 institutions must exercise their powers and perform their functions without fear, favour or prejudice.
Pretoria - The Department of Higher Education and Training is to assign a team of selected markers to scrutinise the examination scripts and the extent of the examination leak at the Mpumalanga Further Education and Training (FET) College.
Pretoria - Cabinet has instructed Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale to urgently interact with the Gauteng Provincial Government to find a solution to the eviction of people from houses allegedly built illegally in Lenasia, South of Johannesburg.
Boksburg - Gauteng MEC for Education, Barbara Creecy, has appealed to parents, teachers and school principals to take action as soon as they notice signs of bullying.
Pretoria - Acting US Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank will be in South Africa and Kenya next week to launch a business in Africa campaign that will help American businesses identify opportunities on the African continent.
Pretoria - Cabinet has welcomed the temporary return to work by striking farmworkers in the Western Cape while the parties are still finding a solution to the dispute.
Pretoria - Major changes are set to kick-off to revive South Africa's aging electricity infrastructure, with Cabinet having approved a grand plan to revamp the system.
Pretoria - More than 1 500 elderly people from around the country will on Wednesday get an opportunity to discuss key issues affecting them with Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini.
Pretoria - Cabinet has agreed that provincial governments and municipalities be given more capacity to act when their areas are struck by disaster - this to improve the rate of response in times of crisis.
Cape Town - Government is to host a week-long National Youth Camp (NYC) for 500 youths aged between 17 and 24 from communities throughout South Africa to provide a forum for dialogue among young people and policy makers.
Pretoria - The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) has urged matric learners to work hard and aim high as they start their final exams.
