South Africa

Port Shepstone - A newly opened Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR)-TB centre on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast is set to benefit patients in this area.

Pretoria - The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) is to finalise a Male Circumcision Policy to articulate the role of circumcision in the context of men's sexual health.

Pretoria - President Kgalema Motlanthe has requested the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) to send a team of election observers to monitor the upcoming elections in South Africa.

Pretoria - As the country prepares to mark National Labour Day on Monday, Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant is set to bring illegal child labour practices to the nation's attention.

Pretoria - South Africa's employment growth rate decreased in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared to the fourth quarter of 2007, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported on Tuesday.

Pretoria - South Africans, hard-hit by the increasing cost of living under the current economic climate, have been granted reprieve by the Reserve Bank which announced a 100 basis points cut in the repo rate on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Transport Minister Jeff Radebe has condemned the violence perpetrated by Johannesburg taxi operators on Tuesday.

Pretoria - The National Youth Development Agency is to embark on countrywide provincial road-shows towards the establishment of NYDA provincial offices.

Johannesburg - As many countries in the world flounder with the effects of the global financial crisis, South Africa is not performing too badly, says Finance Minister Trevor Manuel.

Stakeholders in the bus and taxi industry should refrain from drawing the battle lines over the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system which is aimed at making travelling safer, efficient and reliable for all South Africans, writes Nthambeleni Gabara.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma today paid tribute to Joel Netshitenzhe, Director-General of the Policy and Coordination Services (PCAS) in the Presidency, who has resigned to pursue other interests.

Pretoria - Government officials need to be careful about their expenses especially when a country is battling with the economic recession, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.

Pretoria - South Africa is a nation that continued to draw its strength from its fallen heroes, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.

New York - While the percentage of the global population falling ill due to Tuberculosis is dropping annually, the pace of the disease's decline is too slow, says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Pretoria - South Africa has reiterated its call for a better representivity of developing countries, especially Africa on global financial bodies.