Pretoria - South Africa has underlined the continuing need for urgent and coordinated global action to curb the impact of HIV and Aids in conflict and post-conflict situations, while calling on UN peacekeeping interventions to take a more focused approach in its response to the scourge.
Pretoria - Government has commended and expressed its appreciation for the role played by communities in assisting the South African Police Service in their fight against crime.
Pretoria - North West Human Settlements MEC Desbo Mohono has warned that contractors who deliver substandard low cost houses and shoddy work face being blacklisted.
Pretoria - The case against three men accused of defrauding the Department of Labour's Compensation Fund for millions of rands was postponed yesterday at the Pretoria Specialised Crime Court, to 19 October.
Pretoria - Winter is the season where the country sees an increase in air pollution as more people light fires to keep themselves warm, leading to an increased amount of smoke, which poses a threat to the environment.
Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane on Tuesday concluded what has been described as a successful visit to Panama.
Pretoria - The South African Weather Services (SAWS) has warned of heavy rains in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West and in the Free State.
Pretoria - Access to clean and piped water has been singled out as one of the biggest challenges undermining the progress of the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) pilot in Muyexe village, Limpopo.
Cape Town - Government is developing a Performance Monitoring System to measure service delivery and the state of national and provincial departments and municipalities, says Collins Chabane, the Minister in the Presidency Responsible for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation.
Pretoria - State Owned Enterprises (SOEs), which should establish themselves as big players on the African continent, must play a role in job creation, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said.
Pretoria - The construction of the Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Legacy Bridge on the Mbashe River in the Eastern Cape is set to commence at the end of July.
Pretoria - South Africa aims to strengthen trade ties with Turkey, while also looking at the issue of trade barriers, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.
Pretoria - Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has welcomed the taking over of operations at the KwaMhlanga Licensing Centre by the Mpumalanga Department of Community Safety, Security and Liaison.
Pretoria - Key role players in the land reform sector have set a goal that all land reform farms should be 100 percent productive and sustainable during this Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) period.
East London - President Jacob Zuma's visit to asses the state of education in the Eastern Cape had positive spin-offs for at least one school.
