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President meets heads of judiciary, legislature

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Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma’s office says the meeting he held with the Head of the Judiciary and Heads of the Legislature was successful in strengthening the working relationship between these crucial arms of the State.

Victim call centre up for international award

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Pretoria - Government’s 24-hour Gender-Based Violence Command Centre (GBVCC) -- which provides telephonic support and counselling to victims of gender-based violence -- is up for another award.

Serbian man in court for fraud

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Pretoria – A 50-year-old Serbian man is expected to appear before the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court today.

South Coast's salty water problems to be solved

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Pretoria - The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) says it has dispatched its technical and disaster management teams to the South Coast where the municipal tap water supply has been reported to contain salt.

MEC Collen Maine resigns

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Pretoria – North West MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements Collen Maine has resigned, says Premier Supra Mahumapelo.

Probe into "jobs for cash" claims still underway

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Pretoria – The Department of Basic Education says the task team appointed to look into the "jobs for sale" allegations should be allowed to do its work without pressure or prejudice.

Pretoria trio in court on Wednesday

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Pretoria – The three men arrested in Pretoria North last month will return to the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court tomorrow for a formal bail application.

President Zuma to visit Bushbuckridge

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is expected to visit Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga on Friday to check on the delivery of water and sanitation, among other services.

Public to comment on estuary draft plans

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Pretoria – Members of the public have been invited to comment on the Orange River Mouth and Durban Bay individual estuarine management plans (EMPs) which were recently published in the Government Gazette.

Biovac to manufacture pneumococcal vaccine

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Pretoria – Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor has officially launched a significant public-private partnership between global pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, and the Biovac Institute (Biovac), which aims to enable local manufacturing of a vaccine against pneumonia-causing bacteria.

Some Limpopo Grade 10, 11 exams rescheduled

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Pretoria – The Limpopo Department of Education says a number of subjects to be written by Grade 10 and 11 learners who are sitting for their final examinations have been rescheduled to lessen the workload.

SA urged to support local acts

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Pretoria – Minister of Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa has urged South Africans to continue to support the arts and buy tickets to shows following hip-hop artist Cassper Nyovest’s historical accomplishment at the weekend.