South Africa

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.

Pretoria - Cabinet has approved the 2010 FIFA World Cup Country Report for circulation to all relevant stakeholders, acting Cabinet spokesperson, Phumla Williams, announced on Thursday.

Pretoria - The Department of Higher Education and Training remains concerned with the slow development of African languages in the country's universities and has set up a Ministerial Advisory Panel to look into the issue.

East London - Eastern Cape education officials are confident examination papers will not be leaked in the province.

Phokeng - The Rustenburg Municipality has promised an unforgettable 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) and wants to be voted as the best host city as it did for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - North West Health MEC, Dr Magome Masike, will today lead a peaceful march against the mushrooming of backstreet abortion "clinics", which are operated by bogus doctors.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Education Department has appointed an independent legal team to investigate an incident in which a five-year-old boy lost his legs after a tree fell on him.

Pretoria - South Africa has increased its scale of HIV treatment by 75%, ensuring that 1.7 million people have access to the lifesaving treatment and leading to a decrease of more than 50 000 or 41% in new HIV infections in the past two years.