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Nelspruit- The Mpumalanga Council of Churches (MCC) has urged all churches in the province to encourage their members to test for HIV.

Pretoria - Motorists in the City of Tshwane are advised to avoid the city centre this afternoon due to the memorial service of the late Deputy Health Minister, Dr Molefi Sefularo.

Pretoria - Government has once again called on negotiators in the public sector strike to find a "win win" solution to end the mass action that has halted schooling and hospital services across the country.

Pretoria - Mortuary services at the Magwaza Mapahalala Street mortuary and other mortuaries in Durban and Pietermaritzburg are in operation despite attempts from some striking staff to disrupt services, says the provincial Health Department.

Pretoria - Eastgate Shopping Centre customers, businesses and residents in Bedfordview around the centre can now look forward to uninterrupted electricity supply.

Pretoria - A 42-year-old employee of the Department of Education in KwaZulu-Natal was on Wednesday sentenced to four years suspended for five years after being found guilty of making two threatening phone calls in relation to the public service strike.

Komatipoort - Unrest in the capital of Mozambique has not affected the Lebombo border post near Komatipoort in Mpumalanga, which is the main port of entry between the country and South Africa.

Pretoria - A change in name and some changes in mandate are on the cards for the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD).

Pretoria - Health officials in the Free State are working hard to ensure the safeguarding of services and the safety of staff during the public service strike.

Pretoria - All new schools being built by government should be accessible to children with disabilities, says Minister for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities, Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya.

Mbombela - September is Tourism Month and the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency has pulled out all the stops to provide a thrilling calendar of events.

Johannesburg - Further Education and Training (FET) colleges must be radically overhauled so that they can become colleges of choice for school leavers while providing quality foundation programmes with particular focus on maths and science.

Johannesburg - The curriculum at Further Education and Training (FET) colleges need to change in order to contribute to the country's new economic path.

Mbombela - The Mpumalanga Department of Education has postponed the preliminary exams for Grade 12s to give them at least one more week to prepare.

Pretoria - Determined to make inroads in the fight against crime, the police were prepared to learn lessons from any sector of society that was willing to share its ideas with them, says Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa.