Features

Pretoria - A task team is to be established in Dipaleseng Local Municipality in Mpumalanga to look at challenges faced by the community and continuously monitor progress made.

Pretoria - A public-private partnership has been launched to help reduce South Africa's service delivery backlog by placing skilled graduates and high-level training initiatives directly into local government.

Pretoria - The South African Football Association (SAFA) has announced that Lesley Sedibe, will take over as the new SAFA Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Pretoria - Since the break of dawn this morning the streets of Soshanguve have been filled with learners who received their 2009 matric exam results.

Phokeng - The North West Premier Maureen Modiselle has announced a slight decline in the province's matric pass rate.

Pretoria - The Limpopo Government has developed a clear strategy to deal with shoddy jobs done by certain RDP housing contractors

Pretoria - The Limpopo Provincial Government is planning to provide more than one million households with water in the 2010/2011 financial year.

Cape Town - Government aims to create almost 2.5 million jobs by 2020 with the launch of the new Industrial Policy Action Plan, said the Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies

Nelspruit - Mpumalanga's MEC for Education, Reginah Mhaule, says uncoordinated intervention strategies may have lead to the province scoring the lowest matric pass rate in the country.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has on Wednesday provided a list of his financial interests to the Secretary of Cabinet, his lawyer Michael Hulley said.

Pretoria - The South African Army has honoured its long serving members by awarding them medals as a token of appreciation.

Pretoria - An 18-year-old matriculant from Mofolo High in Soweto is believed to have committed suicide after discovering she had failed her matric exam.

Nelspruit - Expectations for the government to deliver better services in Mpumalanga were raised on Friday when premier David Mabuza announced the provincial government's plans for the 2010/11 financial year

Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa is calling on the security industry to tighten its security measures in order to prevent cash-in transit-heists.

Increased measures aimed at reducing HIV transmission from mother to child by 2015 have been put in place throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and with bold and life changing policies set to come into effect in South Africa as of April this year, this target might very well be within reach, writes Gabi Khumalo.