Cape Town - South Africa plans to double its trade with the UK and become a gateway for European companies looking to establish bases in Africa, says Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies.
Pretoria - The North West Health and Social Development Department has urged the public to use public clinics to ease the high volumes of patients at hospitals.
Cape Town - The UK business community holds South Africa in high regard, both as an investment destination and as a springboard into the rest of Africa, said Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
Pretoria - Despite the difficulties experienced by the global economy and right here at home, economists continue to put South Africa's growth rate prospects at 3 percent and more for 2011.
Cape Town - The commitment and hard work of teachers and school governing bodies is key to making some schools more successful than others, despite a backlog of R140 billion of schools that still need to be built, says Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga.
Pretoria - The dispossession of illegal and unwanted legal firearms during the new firearms amnesty period will significantly help in the fight against crime, says Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa.
Pretoria - The festive season anti-crime campaign called Operation Duty Call has seen the decline of serious crimes during December 2009,says Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa.
Cape Town - The Department of Health is set to embark on several mass immunisation campaigns from next month, said Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi.
Pretoria - The attack on the Togo national soccer team in Angola will not risk South Africa's security measures during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, says National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele.
Pretoria - The deadline for the public to nominate four SABC Board members has been extended, Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Communications said on Wednesday.
Pretoria - Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga has urged all learners who did not succeed in the 2009 matric examinations to try again and register for the supplementary exams.
Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has guaranteed that there will be no electricity blackouts during the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
Polokwane - The Executive Mayor of the Mopani District Municipality in Giyani, Limpopo, Joshua Matlou, is giving away bursaries to students from poor backgrounds and those with disabilities in the district.
Pretoria - Cabinet has not considered audits of politicians' lifestyles because there are anti-corruption measures already in place, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe
Johannesburg - Mayor Amos Masondo says the re-launch of the Bus Rapid Transit system in major parts of Soweto where the system was suspended earlier this year will go ahead as planned next week.
