Features

Pretoria - Violence once again erupted in the Sakhile informal settlement, outside Standerton in Mpumalanga last night.

Durban - Lectures have resumed at the Durban University of Technology following management and staff unions reaching an agreement over salaries.

Polokwane - More than 81 percent of the people living in Limpopo now have access to electricity, according to province's 15 Year Review Report released on Wednesday.

Nkandla - The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government has commissioned a study to focus on the profile of older persons to ensure if adequate services are being provided to them.

Bloemfontein - Free State MEC for Social Development, Sisi Ntombela, has challenged communities to partner with government and declare a war on poverty during Social Development Month.

Pretoria - The Department of Health is to develop legislation aimed at reducing certain trans-fats in some processed and prepared foods currently for sale in South Africa.

Johannesburg - Residents in Soweto, Johannesburg will soon be able to enjoy professional local and international drama productions right on their doorstep as construction on Soweto's first fully fledges theatre begins on Tuesday.

Parliament - Government must play a proactive role in ensuring the retention of jobs in key sectors such as mining, says Minerals and Energy Minister Buyelwa Sonjica.

Durban - The Football Development and Crime Awareness Programme is to be launched on Thursday as a diversion tool to reduce crime in the north of Durban.

Cape Town - The City of Cape Town's Operation Cobra has led to the seizure of over a quarter of a million Rands worth of drugs, alcohol and cash and the arrest of 37 suspects for dealing in narcotics over the past month.

Parliament - Lack of education infrastructure in rural areas, which President Kgalema Motlanthe has described as a concern, will be a focal point of the Department of Education over the next five years.

Bhisho - Eastern Cape MEC for Agriculture, Gugile Nkwinti, on Monday handed over 13 tractors in Mthatha, to service the OR Tambo, Alfred Nzo and Ukhahlamba regions.

Ekurhuleni - Secondary schools in Ekurhuleni will this week take part in the schools HIV and AIDS debate aimed at minimising the effects of the disease among young people.

Pretoria - The Department of Water Affairs has welcomed the Constitutional Court ruling in the case of Mazibuko and others vs. the City of Johannesburg Metro Municipality and others (the Phiri case).

Johannesburg - PetroSA has injected R9 million into the University of Johannesburg (UJ) to establish a scholarship programme to fund black women post-graduate candidates in the levels of Masters and PhD studies.