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Pretoria - Late ANC veteran Bertha Gxowa,76, who died on Friday from complications after an operation, will be buried on Saturday, 27 November.

Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has reaffirmed the South African Police Service's (SAPS) commitment to women empowerment, saying police were striving to achieve 50 percent women leadership.

Pretoria - South African universities have been collectively challenged to produce graduates that are able to rise up and provide solutions to the challenges that face the developing world.

Pretoria - New measures are to be introduced to curb overspending in the Gauteng Health and Social Development Department.

Cape Town - The minister responsible for women and children has urged South Africans to do more to reverse the scourge of domestic violence.

Johannesburg - South Africa intends to use its position as chair of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) to foster a culture of clean audits in the public sector, said Auditor General Terence Nombembe.

Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has asked management to come up with a report and action plan on how psychological services can be improved in the South African Police Service (SAPS).

Pretoria - Condolences have poured in for the family of Joe Matthews, the late former Deputy Minister of Safety and Security and father of Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor.

Pretoria- - "I suppose statistics is what I enjoy," says the man with a warm laugh. Just as well he enjoys working with figures - he is the country's chief statistician.

Pretoria - For the first time in her 109 years, North West great grandmother Mmami Motlhokwa is the proud owner of her own home.

Pretoria - Fresh from his three-day visit to China, President Zuma is to attend the funeral of the late political veteran and former deputy minister of Safety and Security Joe Matthews on Saturday.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Provincial Government, civil society groups and municipalities will put their heads together on Wednesday to discuss ways on how to deal with corruption swiftly and effectively.

Pretoria - It may be a policy of the past but the evils of apartheid continue to haunt the country, emerging as one the key contributors to the high level of violent crime in South Africa.

Pretoria - Retlabusa Mokonyane, son of Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane, has died.

Pretoria - The Junior Doctors Association of South Africa (JUDASA) has called on all doctors to sound the alarm whenever they suspect abuse of a child they are treating.