South Africa

Pretoria - In an effort to provide support to the curriculum, the Department of Basic Education has distributed 13 900 workbooks to schools that offer Grade R.

Pretoria - A programme to revive the practice of male circumcision in KwaZulu-Natal will kick off this winter, says Premier Dr Zweli Mkhize.

Pretoria - Trade and Industry (DTI) Minister Rob Davies is expected to make a pronouncement on the findings of an investigation into alleged corruption at the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office (CIPRO) after he has studied the forensic report.

Pretoria - FIFA President, Joseph Blatter, has been appointed co-chair of 1GOAL, a campaign championing global education.

Pretoria - Minister of Transport, Sibusiso Ndebele, says his department is still committed to engaging taxi operators on the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system.

Cape Town - South Africa needs to break away from orthodox economic models and start focusing on policies that will respond to the country's development needs, says Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel.

Pretoria- The Consumer Price Index for February fell to 5.7 percent, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced on Wednesday.

Cape Town - Today, the South African economy is two-thirds larger than it was in 1994, when Nelson Mandela took office as the country's first democratically elected president.

Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma says a two-pronged review of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) will culminate in a united government position on the role of SOEs in supporting government's developmental agenda.

Taung - More than 30 000 patients receiving tuberculosis treatment in the North West have been urged to complete their treatment to avoid developing the Multidrug Resistant (MDR) and Extreme Drug Resistant (XDR) strains of the disease.

Pretoria - Three Ghanaian television stations have reached an agreement to broadcast the Black Stars group matches during the FIFA 2010 World Cup which kicks-off in June.

Pretoria - South Africa continues to be a hub and destination for human trafficking and serious intervention is needed to curb this practice, says a study by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).

Cape Town – It is imperative that South Africa holds its dominant position as a platinum supplier; stability is restored to the production cycle and investor confidence in the platinum mining industry is repaired.

Pretoria - The French Government has donated R13 billion towards the renovation and extension of the Western Cape's antiretroviral infrastructure to accommodate more patients on treatment.

Cape Town - The Department of Rural Development and Land reform has proposed a major overhaul of the country's land restitution and redistribution policy to speed up land reform.