South Africa

Pretoria - The Reserve Bank on Thursday kept the repo rate unchanged at 7% - in line with market expectations.

Durban – Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says South Africans should welcome any initiative aimed at finding an effective HIV vaccine, adding that many battles against diseases were won using vaccines.

Durban - Achieving AIDS reduction targets and eventually ending the disease by 2030 is taking centre stage at the 21st International AIDS conference, underway in Durban.

Pretoria - The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has announced that it will apply for leave to appeal the "shockingly lenient” six-year prison sentence imposed on convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius.

Durban – Government has launched a set of new look condoms, which it hopes will attract young people, following complaints that the previous ‘Choice’ condoms lacked appeal and were not attractive to young people.

Pretoria – Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, has called for bold solutions to tackle the challenges that South Africa is facing in providing housing for students in institutions of higher learning.

Pretoria – With just 13 days to go until Election Day, the 3rd of August, the KwaZulu-Natal Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) are in the final stretch of preparations.

Pretoria - African countries must intensify efforts to diversify their economies so they can integrate into the global economy, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies.

Durban – South Africa should advocate for the creation of local HIV drug manufacturing companies and stop depending on foreign pharmaceutical multinationals for these drugs, says Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor.

Durban – All HIV positive inmates in South Africa’s correctional centres will from September this year receive life-saving antiretroviral drugs, irrespective of their CD4 count.

Pretoria - The Presidential Remuneration Review Commission (PRRC) has welcomed the recent appointment of Professor Sibusiso Vil-Nkomo as a commissioner.

Pretoria- The public has until 8 August to comment on the revised 2016 Draft Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Amendment Bill,, among others.

Durban – In a country with a high number of HIV/AIDS prevalence among young women and girls, South African women are now taking charge of the fight against the pandemic.

Durban – Government has officially announced the launch of the latest round of a five-year National Strategic Plan (NSP) that would guide South Africa’s response to the HIV epidemic, sexually transmitted infections and TB.

Pretoria - Government has condemned in the strongest terms the killing of South Africans who have been nominated by their parties as candidates for the 2016 Municipal Elections.