South Africa

Pretoria - South Africa has lost another 24 rhinos since last week, the Department of Environmental Affairs said on Wednesday.

Pretoria - The country's water is safe for consumption and there is no crisis in the security of its water supply, says Department of Water Affairs and Forestry Minister Lindiwe Hendricks.

Parliament - Despite the global economic meltdown that has ruined developed economies and led many of the world's economies into recession, South Africa can mitigate the effects, President Kgalema Motlanthe said, Friday.

Pretoria - Youth from all corners of the country are to be encouraged to actively engage in the government's programmes and policies through the Sanlam-GCIS SoNa National School debate.

Pretoria - The Department of Health hopes to increase the percentage of adults who have had an HIV test from 25 percent to 35 percent this year.

Harare - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is expected back in Zimbabwe today ahead of his wife's burial in his home town Buhera on Wednesday.

Johannesburg - The Gauteng Department of Health on Monday urged communities possibly affected by meningitis not to panic.

Pretoria - Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi is to release the 2009 Report on the National Antenatal Sentinel HIV & Syphilis Prevalence Survey in South Africa today.

Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is adamant to reach its target of getting 22 million South Africans on the voter's roll for this year's General Elections.

New York - Zimbabwe's widespread cholera epidemic has now claimed over 4 000 lives since August, and almost 90 000 people have contracted the deadly disease, according to the latest United Nations report on the outbreak.

Cape Town - President Kgalema Motlanthe, delivering a brief address following a Sunday morning service in the Groote Kerk, told the congregation of the importance of faith organisations in South Africa.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has been given a clean bill of health by his doctors after he underwent an annual medical check-up on Wednesday.

Mbombela - Small farmers in Mpumalanga will receive a boost as of 1 April when they start supplying food to selected government schools.

Pretoria - The Western Cape aims to be the best run regional government in the world, Premier Helen Zille said as she tabled the province's R697 million provincial budget vote on Wednesday.

Pretoria - The newly revitalized Accident and Emergency Trauma Unit will open on Friday at the Job Shimankane Tabane Hospital in Rustenburg to help improve service delivery.