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.
Johannesburg - Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane on Monday told the legislature that she had had a meeting with mayors and municipal managers of all the province's municipalities to talk about how they can improve service delivery
Pretoria - Energy Minister Dipuo Peters has urged South Africans to make their mark as day three of the public hearings into Eskom's proposed 35 percent tariff hike, kicks off.
Pretoria - Matrics at Ho%rskool Waterkloof in Pretoria have begun their final year of schooling aiming to beat the 60.6 percent pass rate achieved by last year's matrics.
Bloemfontein - Free State Premier Ace Magashule this morning visited Grey College in Bloemfontein to inspire teachers and learners to maintain the 100 percent pass rate achieved by the school last year.
