South Africa

Pretoria - Trade and Industry (dti) Deputy Minister Elizabeth Thabethe is scheduled to participate in the 3rd Tunis Medindustrie kicking off in Tunisia from today.

Johannesburg - Thirty young people from Ennerdale doing a three-month boiler making course at Making a Difference (MAD) School of Welding will form part of 300 graduates to be placed within various Gauteng departments for experiential learning.

Pretoria - Beneficiation can promote industrialisation and boost job creation, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says.

Pretoria - Government will this financial year implement an accelerated, integrated agricultural production programme in seven provinces.

Pretoria - High food prices pose a serious threat to food security at both household and country level, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat Pettersson told the National Assembly on Tuesday.

Pretoria – Former President Nelson Mandela is still in a serious, but stable condition in a Pretoria hospital, says the medical team who is treating him.

Pietermaritzburg - The Department of Public Works in 2011/2012 created 214 306 work opportunities, KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Human Settlements and Public Works, Ravigasen Ranganathan Pillay announced today.

Pietermaritzburg – The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Human Settlements and Public Works has delivered 25 940 housing units in the 2012-2013 financial year.

Pretoria - The South African Police Service (SAPS) has paid over R200 million in civil claims against them in the past financial year, said Police Minister, Nathi Mthethwa on Tuesday.

Pretoria - The second round of the annual polio and measles campaign will start on Monday, June 17 until June 28, the Free State Health Department announced on Tuesday.

Pretoria - As South Africa prepares to celebrate Youth Day this week, Eskom has empowered youth by unveiling state-of-the-art equipment for the electrical engineering centre of the Vhembe Further Education and Training College.

Pretoria - Labour inspectors would have to be retrained not only on how to identify hazards associated with some of the technologies that are going to be used with the proliferation of green jobs, but also to enable them to educate workers about the risks associated with the greening process.

Pretoria - International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and her European counterpart Catherine Ashton have expressed their concern about the admittance to hospital of former South African President, Nelson Mandela.

Pretoria - Forty South Africans have been selected for training in South African Airways’ (SAA) Cadet Pilot Development Programme.

Pretoria - A suspected rhino poacher was shot and killed and another suspect arrested in Limpopo, police said on Monday.