South Africa

Polokwane - One hundred students from Limpopo are expected to fly to Cuba within the next week to study medicine as part of a programme aimed at tackling a shortage of doctors in t

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Health has given warning letters to two employees over power outages at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto.

Polokwane - The Limpopo Education Department has enlisted the services of the South African Post Office (SAPO) to deliver textbooks to schools.

Pretoria – Business and government have committed almost R600 million to help improve the delivery of education in the country.

Pretoria – Home Affairs offices across the country will be open over this weekend, which is the last Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) voter registration drive.

Pretoria – Efforts by the South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA) to clamp down on social grant fraud are yielding positive results, with the agency saving R150 million per annum.

Pretoria – Operations at the mine where eight miners died on duty have been halted until the area has been declared safe.

Pretoria - South African Airways (SAA) has entered into a code share agreement with Virgin Australia.

Pretoria – North West Premier Thandi Modise has urged the residents of Majakaneng, near Brits, to give government a chance to implement its R2 billion provincial water plan before staging protests.

Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will this weekend open their 22 263 voting stations for the final registration drive which it hopes will attract 1.1 million people.

Giyani - One person has died of rabies in Limpopo this week, bringing the total number of rabies-related deaths to four in the last 10 months.

Pretoria – The mining industry has sent its condolences to the families of eight mineworkers who lost their lives following a tragic accident at Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited’s Doornkop Mine on Wednesday.

Pretoria – Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane has condemned the violent protest by community members of the Zithobeni informal settlement in Bronkhorstspruit, Tshwane.

Pretoria - The roll out of the HIV/Aids and TB programme in the Free State is on track, with 11 804 patients, including 584 children, having started the fixed-dose ARV regime from 1 April last year.

Beijing - The Syrian government says it will meet the final chemical weapons destruction deadline of June 30.