South Africa

Pretoria - The Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, has assured South Africans that the 2009 Senior Certificate Examinations will be credible.

Pretoria - With only a few weeks left before the start of the 5th BRICS summit, preparations are at an advanced stage for the all-important gathering, says International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister, Ebrahim Ebrahim.

Itsoseng - The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) in the North West region has warned that it will take strict action against shop owners found to be pilfering the grant benefits of pensioners and other grant beneficiaries.

Johannesburg - Nkosinathi and his wife Patricia Dludla on Monday became the first South African parents to receive an unabridged birth certificate for their new baby boy, Sakhile.

Pretoria – South Africa is to participate in a United Nations meeting to discuss the scourge of violence against women and girls in societies across the world.

Pretoria – Leaders in government and public institutions must allow research and innovative thinking in their organisations, says the Director-General of Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy (Palama) Professor Lekoa Mollo.

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Infrastructure Development, Qedani Mahlangu, has called on all tenants of state residential and commercial property currently not paying market related rentals to approach the department’s Corner House Headquarters in Johannesburg.

Pretoria – The Mayor of Ekurhuleni Mondli Gungubele has called on residents to give inputs to the State of the City Address.

Pretoria - Crime intelligence head, Lieutant-General Richard Mdluli, is in police custody after handing himself over to the authorities on Thursday.

Pretoria - The police leadership has vowed to continue with empowering members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) through intensive training to help them fight crime.

Johannesburg - There has been mixed reactions following news that Carlos Alberto Parreira has been re-appointed as Bafana Bafana coach.

Pretoria - Excellent driving skills have paid dividends for a 31-year-old year old North West bus driver after he was announced as this year's top winner of the annual National Driver of the Year competition.

Pretoria - The countdown has begun to this year's matric examinations as thousands of Grade 12 learners sit for their first paper on Monday.

Pretoria - The Department of Health is to launch an investigation following reports on the ongoing availability of hazardous lead-based paint, despite the ban of its manufacture and sale.

Marapyane - The needs of young people today are different from those of the youth in 1994, which is why it's important they vote in the 18 May local government elections, said deputy chairperson of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Advisory Board, Clarence Maseko.