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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has not at this stage looked at or considered any of the 300 applications for a presidential pardon, the Presidency said on Monday.

Pretoria - Plans have been put in place to ensure the first day of the 2010 school term in Mpumalanga gets off to a good start, the provincial education department said on Monday.

Pretoria - Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi is today expected to open the country's Transfusion Medicine Training Centre aimed at improving blood collection and storage

Pretoria - Government has acknowledged that the implementation of the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme requires an extensive overhaul of the public and private health care systems.

Cape Town - As pupils head back to school a week early to allow for the five week mid-year break during the 201 FIFA World Cup, schools in the Western Cape are "just about ready" for the start of the new school year.

Pretoria - Anxious Grade 1's and their worried parents are to receive a word of encouragement from Free State Premier Ace Magashule and Education MEC Kate Makgoe when they start their first day of school tomorrow.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Senzo Mchunu says the province will leave no stone unturned to ensure that it's business unusual for all provincial schools from day one.

Pretoria - The Eastern Cape Department of Education has vowed to tighten the grip on underperforming schools as the province will be battling to improve its matric results this year.

Pretoria - The Limpopo Department of Education has put plans in place to ensure that the beginning of the 2010 academic year gets off to a smooth start tomorrow.

Pretoria - The North West is abuzz with activity as teachers, parents and learners prepare for the re-opening of schools tomorrow..

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Education is ready to deal with an influx of late learner registrations when schools open on Wednesday.

Soweto - Some Soweto schools have heeded the call for teaching to start from day one of the 2010 academic year.

Johannesburg - Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has officially opened a new state-of-the-art medical training centre that will ensure safe supply of blood and blood products to patients.

Johannesburg - The day got off to an emotional start at Margaret Gwele Primary School in Dobsonville, Soweto, this morning where many Grade 1's started school.

Pretoria - The Gauteng provincial government has identified infrastructure development, in the form of intensive labour projects, as key to the province's job creation strategy.