South Africa

Phokeng – South Africa has received a sum of R3 billion from the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe announced on Tuesday.

Johannesburg - An official working at the Xavier Driver and Learner Testing Centre (DLTC) in Ormonde was on Tuesday arrested for fraudulently issuing a driver’s licence after the individual failed to pass the test.

Pretoria - Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel says the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has created over 18 000 new jobs, while it saved a further 4 000 jobs.

Cape Town – Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), the department responsible for communicating government’s key programmes, was able to reach more than 23 million South Africans through hosting over 3 000 public participation events in the last financial year, its acting CEO Phumla Williams said on Tuesday.

Pretoria – International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has poured scorn on media reports claiming there were unresolved tensions between South Africa and France.

Mankweng - The high rate of fatal crashes on South Africa’s roads is abnormal, says President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - South Africa remains a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and will support any decision of the African Union regarding the continent’s membership in the tribunal, International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Mirriam Nchoe from Phitshane, a village outside Mahikeng, started growing a few vegetables on a one-hectare plot in 2007.

Johannesburg – The Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mduduzi Manana, has encouraged learners from Diepsloot West Secondary School to take up careers in the scarce and critical skills fields, which will make a positive contribution to the South African economy.

Pretoria – Visually impaired matriculants will no longer have to ask people to read their matric results for them.

Sebayeng - President Jacob Zuma has officially unveiled the R81 road, which links the rural town of Giyani and the city of Polokwane, near Mankweng in Limpopo on Tuesday.

Pretoria - The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has urged motorists in Gauteng to obtain their e-tags ahead of the introduction of e-tolling on the province’s national road network.

Pretoria – The provincial Department of Health is working hard to address backlogs in surgeries at central and tertiary hospitals in Gauteng, says MEC for Health Hope Papo.

With every passing day since 1994, life in South Africa has changed for the better. In one important area this change has unfolded before our very eyes.

Pretoria - South Africa and Kazakhstan are set to strengthen bilateral relations when International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim hosts Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kairat Sarybay, later this week.