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Gauteng strives to produce better results in 2009

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Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Education Angie Motshekga on Friday said she was confident that Gauteng would continue to produce even better matric results at the end of this year.

Intl cooperation needed for global financial system reform

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Davos - International cooperation, not protectionism, is the precondition for global financial system reform, world leaders and financial experts have agreed at this year's World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

Mpuma to use back up IT system during exams

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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.

Gender Machinery proposes Ministry for Women

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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.

Church groups called to speak out on prison abuses

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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.

Police monitor protest hotpots

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

MEC urges preservation of wetlands

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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.

4 000 cholera cases reported in Mpuma

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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.

Next phase of EPWP to be launched in March

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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.

"energy office" launched in Durban

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