Features

Pretoria - Poor infrastructure and lack of funding have been blamed for the water shortages in parts of the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape.

Pretoria - After months of uncertainty, arms acquisition company Amscor has decided to terminate the contract of its Chief Executive Officer, Sipho Thomo.

Sabie - A total of 18 new mobile clinics will be launched in Mpumalanga to provide healthcare access to rural villages and farming areas that have no clinic facilities nearby

Pretoria - Traffic on the N1 between Johannesburg and Pretoria, one of Gauteng's busiest highways, was brought to a standstill this morning with reported delays of up to two hours.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma and his Cabinet will once again meet at the Presidential Guesthouse today to revisit government policies and programmes and plan the year ahead.

Pretoria - Durban is more than ready to play host to some of the biggest names in world football, says City Manager Michael Sutcliffe.

Pretoria - Minister for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya, has encouraged civil servants to participate in government's HIV/AIDS Testing Campaign (HTC).

Pretoria - The two-day Southern African Customs Union summit, scheduled for mid July, will take a look at challenges facing the Sacu, says International Relations DG Ayanda Ntsaluba.

Pretoria - North West MEC for Public Safety, Howard Yawa, says they are determined to get to the core of the rot in the police service.

Pretoria - Dr Stephen Sipho Mncube has been appointed the new chairperson of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA).

Pretoria - The National Prosecuting Agency (NPA) has labeled as "purely speculative" reports that a 15-year-old Jules High School girl admitted to having consensual sex with two boys.

Pretoria - Professor Ken Boffard, a trauma surgeon at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, has been elected world President of the International Society of Surgery.

Nelspruit - Three police administration clerks have been arrested in connection with a fake matric certificate scam.

Pretoria - Gauteng train commuters are advised to use alternative transport following an unplanned strike by some train drivers.

Johannesburg - A number of roads in and around Johannesburg will be closed to traffic for much of Sunday, 21 November, for the annual Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge.