South Africa

Pretoria - South Africa and Saudi Arabia have agreed to increase total trade between the two countries to a targeted R60 billion within the next five years.

Universal health coverage is a worldwide phenomenon supported by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi reiterated on Tuesday when tabling his department's Budget Vote in Parliament.

Pretoria - The Small Enterprise Development Agency's (Seda) Public Sector SMME Payment Assistance Hotline has facilitated R300 million worth of late payments on behalf of SMMEs for services rendered to public sector institutions.

Pretoria - Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, says people in rural areas do not have to relocate to the cities in order to access a better life.

Cape Town - The Department of Social Development is looking to recruit 10 000 service providers over the next three years to help care for orphans, the Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini said on Wednesday.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Education has called on parents and guardians to participate in the third-largest elections to fill over 30 000 School Governing Bodies (SGBs) memberships throughout the province.

The South African Football Association (Safa) has refuted media reports claiming that its President Kirsten Nematandani has been toppled as the chairperson of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) Local Organising Committee (LOC).

Pretoria - Trade conditions started off the year low, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) said in its January Trade Conditions Survey.

Pretoria - Visible policing, improved detective services, cooperation with communities and rooting out criminal elements within the police are just some of the ways in which Gauteng police are dealing a blow to crime.

The Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) have been ordered to move their offices closer to Further Training and Education colleges, where they are needed.

Pretoria - South African Football Association (Safa) President Kirsten Nematandani and four other officials have been put on suspension following a match fixing inquiry into four warm-up games involving Bafana Bafana before the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor has announced that a total of 60 new Research Chairs will be awarded to various institutions of higher learning across South Africa during the 2011/12 and 2013/14 Medium Term Expenditure Framework.

Pretoria - As part of efforts to deepen relations with India, South Africa has invited the Asian nation to invest in the country's massive infrastructure plan announced in the State of the Nation Address.

Cape Town - South Africa and the UK are looking to increase economic and trade ties by focusing on exporting high-value-added goods to Britain, the Minister of International Relations and Co-operation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says.

Pretoria - The qualifications levels of South African sheriffs needs to be enhanced so that they are on par with international standards, says Deputy Justice Minister Andries Nel.