South Africa

Pretoria – The South African Revenue Service (SARS) says there has been an overwhelmingly positive response to the launch of the 2013 tax season.

Hazyview - Vulnerable children from a crèche in Mpumalanga were the first to receive gifts from the provincial government as part of Mandela Month activities.

Pretoria – More than three million work opportunities have been created nine months before the second phase of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) comes to an end.

Pretoria - Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele says the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) will go all out to ensure that offending behaviour is corrected in a secure, safe and humane environment.

Pretoria - Gauteng Premier, Nomvula Mokonyane, has expressed sadness at the recent "gruesome and shameful" killing of 26-year-old Duduzile Zozo of Thokoza, Ekurhuleni.

Pretoria - The Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) says media reports that do not fully capture the processes proposed to address and enhance efficiencies in the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act are baseless.

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Marius Fransman is to travel to Geneva, Switzerland to attend the 2013 Substantive Session of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) session.

Pretoria - Various family violence, child protection and sexual offences (FCS) units in KwaZulu-Natal have arrested a total of 173 alleged sexual offenders in the province over the

Krugersdorp – Gauteng Health MEC Hope Papo has pledged to give more support to Leratong Hospital so it can provide better services to the people living in the West Rand.

Pretoria – The challenge of youth unemployment and poverty alleviation in South Africa can only be addressed if the country’s youngsters change their attitude and inculcate a culture of youth service, says National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Chairperson Yeshen Pillay.

Pretoria – Over 300 South African National Defence Force personnel were used for US President Barack Obama’s visit to South Africa.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has wished former President FW de Klerk a speedy recovery following his admission to hospital.

Cape Town – Government will in future involve beneficiaries in the planning and building of the communities in which they live, says Deputy Human Settlements Minister Zou Kota-Fredericks.

Pretoria – Police have secured a combined 118 years imprisonment on convictions for lawlessness during public protests since the beginning of the year.

Pretoria – Cabinet has called on South Africans to make former President Nelson Mandela proud.