Features

Pretoria - Police and prosecutors are working closely to bring those responsible for the alleged rape of a Johannesburg schoolgirl to book.

Pretoria - Almost 600 000 matriculants will begin writing their Senior Certificate Examinations today, beginning with language and Electronic Technology papers.

Pretoria - With less than an hour to go before matrics sit for the Electrical Technology paper, learners in Pretoria are anxiously waiting to go into their exam halls.

Vlakfontein - Education Minister Naledi Pandor officially opened a R3 million administration block at the Inkululeko Primary School in Vlakfontein on Tuesday.

Johannesburg - The Gauteng Department of Housing has pledged to deliver 150 000 houses over the next five years through its Mixed Housing Development Flagship Projects.

Pretoria - The Regulations Relating to Maximum Levels for Melamine in Foodstuffs have been published in the Government Gazette and are now open for public comment.

Pretoria - An advanced state -of-the-art mobile diagnostic laboratory for HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT) has finally arrived in Tygerberg Hospital in the Western Cape.

Durban - The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health is to host a comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care Management and Treatment (CCMT) Summit this week.

Johannesburg - The Gauteng Health Department is to increase the number of patients it has on Anti-Retroviral Treatment as well as open three additional health facilities by the end of April to expand its ART programme.

Pietermaritzburg - The construction of a small craft harbour at Durban's Point Waterfront is expected to attract investment capital in excess of R6 billion to the province.

Johannesburg - The funding of 200 new Early Childhood Development (ECD) sites to take care of 10 000 more children are among the targets set by the Gauteng Department of Social Development in the next financial year.

Pretoria - Deputy Minister for International Relations and Cooperation Sue van der Merwe is to host a reception in Pretoria today to mark United Nations (UN) Day.

Mafikeng - The North West Provincial Government will this year intensify support for small and emerging farmers to secure and increase food production in the province.

Pretoria - Metrorail services at Eerste Fabrieke and Pienaarspoort stations were still suspended on Monday.

Pretoria - The high numbers of unemployment, especially amongst the youth, must be top of the agenda, said Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande.