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Port Elizabeth - Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale has, just days before Youth Day, called on young people to make positive changes in their communities by volunteering their services.

Johannesburg - From unemployment, a lack of housing, high electricity prices, load shedding and the slow service at the local clinic to drug abuse - the residents of Soweto on Thursday highlighted their problems to President Jacob Zuma.

Mbombela - A study is being done to see if Mpumalanga's poorest communities can harvest fog as a vital water source.

Pretoria - Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says all forms of racism on and off the field must be seriously dealt with - and not with a simple handshake.

Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says the delivery plan of text books to Limpopo schools is well on track.

Pretoria - Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Collins Chabane, says the recent Supreme Court of Appeal judgment - which decided that the right to mine in South Africa in the sense of the right to prospect and mine for minerals and extract and dispose of them is vested in the State - has been welcomed by Cabinet.

Pretoria - Cabinet has approved the first annual National Evaluation Plan which identifies the evaluations to be undertaken over the next year.

Pretoria - Cabinet has called on all South Africans to support the 94+ Projects for Madiba campaign aimed at celebrating former President Nelson Mandela's 94th birthday and his legacy by improving infrastructure in 94 schools across the country.

Pretoria - Cabinet has noted the stakeholder engagement process of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) starting today.

Mbombela - Security at the R1.4 billion Mbombela stadium in Mpumalanga is to be given a shake up after a 21-year-old Orlando Pirates fan was killed there at the weekend.

Pretoria - Cabinet has approved proposals from the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation for a Twenty Year Review.

Pretoria - The public participation programmes which President Jacob Zuma and his Cabinet have been undertaking are a way of monitoring how government service delivery impacts on individuals and communities, says Minister in the Presidency Responsible for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Collins Chabane.

Pretoria - The system for assessing the performance of Heads of Department of national and provincial departments has been amended, says Minister in the Presidency Responsible for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Collins Chabane.

Pretoria - Cabinet has moved the official celebration of Africa Public Service Day to Friday, 22 June.

Pretoria - The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has upheld the appeal by the Western Cape Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) against a High Court judgment that confirmed the dismissal of sexual assault charges against a Western Cape man.