Pretoria – Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has rejected the demands by the individual South African Medical students in Cuba who are on an illegal strike demanding an increased in stipend by more than 300% from $200 to $700 per month.
Pretoria - The Intelligent Number Plate project will drastically reduce the risk of car theft in Gauteng, says Premier Nomvula Mokonyane.
Johannesburg - Tickets for matches featuring Bafana Bafana are not selling well and this continues to worry organisers of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Pretoria - SA Airlink has announced it will permanently discontinue some of its routes in the country.
Pretoria - The Gauteng provincial government has set a target to reduce new HIV infections by 50 percent by 2011.
Durban - The USA handed Bafana Bafana their first defeat in four games to claim the 2010 Nelson Mandela Challenge Trophy at the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town, last night.
Pretoria - Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane has committed herself to restore the culture of learning and teaching in one of the worst performing schools in the province.
Pretoria - The President of Madagascar's Highest Transitional Authority (HAT), Andry Rajoelina, has reaffirmed control of the state machinery despite an alleged attempted coup d'etat in the Indian Ocean island country on Wednesday.
Pretoria - Home Affairs Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba has called for collective action among Southern African Development Community countries to combat human trafficking.
Cape Town - A shipment of aid is expected to leave South Africa on Freedom Day, April 27, for Haiti in solidarity with the world's first black republic, the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Lindiwe Sisulu, announced today.
Pretoria - The Police Ministry has dismissed reports that police reservists would "feel the chill" of a draft policy, which would see changes to their uniforms and reporting structures, labeling the reports as misleading.
Cape Town - If the World Bank chose not to approve the $3.75-billion loan to help build two new power stations, we can "essentially say goodbye to our country", said Minister of Public Enterprises Barbara Hogan in Pretoria today.
Pretoria - Government says it's committed to ensuring that the capital investment programme of state-owned entities remains on course while work is underway to strengthen their management and oversight.
Pretoria - The South African government is taking a fresh approach in dealing with the scourge of alcohol abuse, especially amongst pregnant women.
Pretoria - Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane has called on the province's people to work together with the government in ensuring that guests arriving for the 2010 FIFA World Cup spectacle have a pleasant stay.
