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Pretoria - The ministry responsible for people living with disabilities will this financial year ensure that all employers attain the 2 percent employment target for disabled people.

Pretoria - The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has announced a proposal to regulate mobile interconnection fees by mobile operators.

Pretoria - It will take South Africa almost 40 years to achieve gender equality at leadership level if the current rate of gender transformation is not hastened, says the minister responsible for women.

Mthatha - Issues of rural development and service delivery needs will come to the fore when Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe visits Lubala village in the Eastern Cape at the weekend.

Durban - Arts and Culture MEC Weziwe Thusi has provided KwaZulu-Natal with an R88 million coffer for the development and support of arts infrastructure.

Durban - Pinky Naicker, 22, has mastered the Diski dance but she still has more to learn as training for volunteers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in KwaZulu-Natal kicked off.

Pretoria - The Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements will be hosting a conference which aims to focus on problems encountered by emerging contractors on housing projects.

Pretoria - Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform will be visiting the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal this week to check on progress made.

Pretoria - The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) has launched an investigation following the derailment of the Shosholoza Meyl Diamond Express on Saturday.

Klerksdorp - North West MEC for Human Settlements Desbo Mohono has warned emerging contractors that her department will not tolerate shoddy work.

Durban - The City of Joburg has landed the number one spot on the national top ten Blue Drop Performers.

Pretoria - In an effort to help combat HIV and AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal, doctors from across the country and the continent circumcised over 200 men in KwaNongoma recently.

Pretoria - Minister of Public Service and Administration Richard Baloyi says the time has come for the creation of a new breed of public servants who will take service delivery to the next level.

Johannesburg - Although the 2008 South African National Youth Risk Behaviour Survey shows reductions in risky sexual behaviour as compared to a previous survey, Minister Collins Chabane remains concerne

Pretoria - Human development is key to building a sustainable platform for research, development and innovation, says Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor.