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Better water supply for N West villagers

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Pretoria – Over 23 000 households in Dinokana village, outside Zeerust in the North West, will have improved access to safe potable water after a R22 million water reticulation project was launched on Monday.

SA opens 12th correctional centre school

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Pretoria - The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is going all out to ensure that inmates leave correctional centres with better skills and prospects, so they can contribute positively when they are reintegrated in society.

20 Years of improving security and justice

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Before 1994 the security forces and the justice system functioned with the express intention of upholding the apartheid state. The security forces were despised by most people, lacked legitimacy and operated as an instrument of control.

Gauteng govt to help fix hail-damaged houses in Tshwane

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Pretoria - The first 5 000 houses in Mamelodi, which were hit by the massive hailstorm last year in November, will be repaired soon, the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements and the City of Tshwane announced on Monday.

School bus drivers urged to value lives

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Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has called on drivers involved in scholar transport to value the lives of their passengers and drive with extreme caution.

SA, Vietnam clamp down on wildlife poaching

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Pretoria – The South African Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi, has met with her Vietnamese counterpart, Dr Bui Cach Tuyen, to thrash out ways to bolster cooperation in controlling illegal wildlife trade.

De Hoop Dam brings hope to thousands

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Sekhukhune – Walking long distances through thorny bushes in order to access clean water will soon be a thing of the past for thousands of people residing in the Sekhukhune District in Limpopo, thanks to the opening of the De Hoop Dam.

De Hoop to improve lives of Limpopo residents

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Pretoria – Infrastructure such as the De Hoop Dam in Limpopo, is changing the lives of South Africans positively and in the most meaningful ways, says President Jacob Zuma.

SA marks World TB Day

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Pretoria – Tuberculosis in the mines is expected to be the focus of this year’s World TB Day in Fochville.

Call centre a lifeline for women

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Pretoria – The Department of Social Development will on Tuesday launch a 24-hour call centre to provide support and counselling to victims of gender-based violence.

SA participates in global nuclear security summit

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Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane will lead a South African delegation to the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit (NSS), scheduled for 24 - 25 March in The Hague.

Interim committee for arts federation

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Pretoria - Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile has announced the Interim Committee for the South African Creative Industries Federation.