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Pretoria - The burden of overcrowded classrooms will be eased in Mamelodi, with the building of a new school for the community.

Pretoria - Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Rejoice Mabudafhasi will officially launch the 2005 State of the Air Report on Monday.

Pretoria - The Mpumalanga Department of Education will this year employ a backup IT system during the capturing of matric results to avoid possible technical glitches and delays in releasing the results.

Pretoria - The burden of overcrowded classrooms will be eased in Mamelodi, with the building of a new school for the community.

Pretoria - The National Gender Machinery (NGM) has met in Pretoria to discuss the possibility of establishing a Ministry for Women and Gender Affairs to advance the empowerment of women.

Cape Town - Deputy Minister of Correctional Services Hlengiwe Mkhize has called on church groups and faith-based organisations to speak out on prison abuses when visiting correctional services facilities.

Pretoria - The City of Johannesburg says it will not reverse its decision to reinstate Police Chief Chris Ngcobo.

Pretoria - Police are this morning closely monitoring two service delivery hotspots in Mpumalanga and Gauteng where violent demonstrations broke out on Monday.

Taung - MEC for Agriculture, Conservation and Environment, Jan Serfontein has urged communities to preserve wetlands so that future generations are able to benefit from them.

Mpumalanga - More than 4 000 cases of cholera have been confirmed in Mpumalanga and 26 people have died since the outbreak of the disease earlier this year.

Pretoria - A concept paper for the establishment of a Ministry for Women and Gender Affairs is to be presented to Cabinet for consideration.

Durban - Phase Two of the government's Expanded Public Works Progamme (EPWP), which will be used as a mechanism to further create job opportunities and contribute to halving unemployment by 2014 is expected to be launched in March.

eThekwini - The eThekwini Municipality has unveiled an "energy office" to increase awareness around saving electricity and promoting energy efficiency.

Johannesburg - The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) has on World Cancer Day encouraged South Africans to eat healthy and exercise regularly to help fight cancer.

Durban - The Durban University of Technology (DUT) has closed all its campuses to staff and students due to a strike.