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Pretoria - The Department of Education has developed an action plan to co-ordinate and guide all interventions in the department in order to turn the education system around.

Pretoria - The KwaZulu-Natal government has set a target to reach a 80 percent matric pass rate by 2014.

Cape Town - Cabinet has welcomed the positive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures released this week which exceeded market expectations.

Pretoria - Cabinet has reassured communities protesting against lack of service delivery that government has plans to increase the capacity of local government to enable them to expedite service delivery.

Cape Town

Cabinet held its ordinary meeting in Cape Town on 24 February 2010

Pretoria - Cabinet has approved a report on the reviewed National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) set to widen access to higher education for the country's poorest.

Johannesburg - The healthcare sector and South Africans from all walks of life have rallied behind the country's biggest ever HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign to be launched on 15 April.

Mbombela - Commissioners from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) visited the Mpumalanga legislature on Thursday to inform the house on preparations for the local government elections next year.

Pretoria - The plight of South Africa's exploited musicians and artists - many of whom reportedly end up dying bankrupt - has spurred government to roll up its sleeves and get involved.

Pretoria - Being in power for 17 months, President Jacob Zuma says has given him the opportunity to be able to ascertain what worked and what needed to be changed or strengthened in his Cabinet.

Pretoria - Approximately 200 new classrooms will be built at 50 schools in Cape Town as more and more pupils need a place to learn

Pretoria - The African continent is to celebrate its bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), which is deemed to be the world's most powerful radio telescope.

Pretoria - North West hospitals will get an extra 535 beds in the 2010/11 financial year, Premier Maureen Modiselle said on Thursday

Pretoria - North West province will convene an indaba to determine whether the provincial economy is officially out of recession, said Premier Maureen Modiselle on Thursday.

Pretoria - The North West provincial government has committed itself to providing 14 000 houses for the 2010/2011 financial year to the most needy communities in the province.