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Davies studying Cipro findings

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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.

Blatter's 1GOAL for education

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

Ndebele committed to BRT, taxi talks

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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.

Orthodox economics failing SA - Patel

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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.

CPI falls to 5.7 % in February

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

Why coal is the best way to power SA's growth

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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.

Review of SOEs to support state development - Zuma

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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.

Push back TB frontiers - Mahlangu

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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.

Ghanaian fans to watch all 64 SWC matches

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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.

Human trafficking plagues SA

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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).

SA must remain dominant platinum supplier

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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.

R13 bn boost for antiretroviral infrastructure

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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.

Govt plans to overhaul land reform

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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.

Forty-seven RVF human cases confirmed

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Pretoria -The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has confirmed five new human laboratory cases of Rift Valley Fever (RVF). This pushes up the number of confirmed cases to 47.

Nkwinti hails success of rural programme

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Cape Town - Rural Development Minister Gugile Nkwinti has hailed government's newly introduced Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP), describing it as one of the biggest steps to be taken to address the plight of the rural poor.