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Pretoria - Government has released figures which show that school enrolment in Grade R doubled between 2003 and 2011.

Pretoria - Government says substantial steps have been taken towards the establishment of the National Health Insurance System as a means of improving the effectiveness of the country's health system.

Pretoria - Government says it is confident that state power utility Eskom's expansion programme will be completed within its set time frame with the latest data showing construction of both Medupi and Kusile power stations progressing well.

Pretoria - Government says significant progress has been made in turning around South Africa's adult education system with enrolment figures reaching 233 000 last year.

Pretoria - The government has remained upbeat that it will meet its housing delivery commitments amid a soaring demand for houses in the country.

Pretoria - Government has conceded that while the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) has had its successes, implementing the CRDP in all poor households could come at a high cost financially.

Pretoria - The Film and Publication Board (FPB) has given the portrait by Brett Murray, which depicted President Jacob Zuma in a denigrating manner, a 16N rating.

Pretoria - South Africa has seen an overall decrease in serious crime from approximately 3 800 to approximately 3 600 per 100 000 of the population between 2010 and 2011.

Pretoria - South Africa's power supply is expected to be tight over the next few weeks, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba says.

Pretoria - Corporates have been urged to invest in The President's Award for Youth Empowerment to ensure that the benefits received by the young people being reached by this initiative, continue.

Pretoria - The backlog of maintenance at power stations should be resolved at the end of 2013, with the first unit of the Medupi power station expected to come on board in the same year, Eskom said on Friday.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed nine commissioners to the Commission for Gender Equality.

Pretoria - Government, labour and farmers are united in supporting a programme to fast-track the implementation of fair labour practices on wine farms.

Pretoria - Gauteng Health MEC Ntombi Mekgwe has assured the people of Gauteng that the availability of the antiretroviral drug, Tenofovir, has improved substantially in the province over the past weeks.

Malalane - When Sizwe Silinda's mother died in 2003, the then 16-year-old had to quit school to take care of his unemployed sisters and their children because he was now the "man in the house."