Pretoria – The Department of Human Settlements says 1 061 public servants from various national, provincial and local municipalities who fraudulently benefited from government housing programme were prosecuted between the 2010/11 and 2011/12 financial years.
Pretoria - Western Cape MEC for Education Donald Grant has appealed to the public to become active citizens in the fight against crime and violence in their communities and schools.
Pretoria - Minibus taxi strikes hamper South Africa's recovery from the global economic meltdown, says the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI).
Rustenburg - The North West has increased its efforts to fight the TB treatment defaulter rate by training almost 800 directly observed therapy (Dot) supporters, who will encourage patients to take their medicine correctly.
Pretoria - Bafana Bafana head coach, Carlos Alberto Parreira, needs a solid defence to contain Mexican striker Javier Hernandez when the two teams clash in the opening match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup on 11 June.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has described his working visit to Zimbabwe to iron out outstanding issues in the power sharing government as a fruitful one.
Pretoria - The provision of effective service delivery will come under the spotlight when President Jacob Zuma visits Madelakufa in Tembisa on Friday.
Johannesburg – Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane says she is pleased with the progress made at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in terms of turning the tide on poor infrastructure.
Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs is to launch a National Population Register (NPR) campaign which aims to register the majority of South African children by 2011.
Pretoria - South Africa’s massive infrastructure programme is driving a wave of industrialisation across the country, says Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel.
Pretoria - Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has welcomed the establishment of a Presidential Remuneration Commission to review salaries in the public service.
Pretoria - Correctional Services Deputy Minister, Hlengiwe Mkhize, on Thursday urged communities to accept offenders who had completed their sentences back into society, saying her department strives to strike a balance between victims and offenders' rights.
Johannesburg -Sixty percent of Grade six learners in Gauteng will be at or above the national literacy achievement standard by 2014, the Gauteng Department of Education said on Tuesday.
Pretoria - Bafana Bafana is expected to take on their former coach's team in a friendly match in Brazil on Saturday.
Pretoria - The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has confirmed seven new human laboratory cases of Rift Valley Fever (RVF). This pushes up the number of confirmed cases to 39.
