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Zuma mourns death of jazz legend

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has extended his deepest condolences to the family and friends of Jazz legend and prolific bassist, composer, singer and arranger, Victor Ntoni, who died on Monday.

No free marks for matrics, says Motshekga

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Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has warned learners who decide not to write the preliminary exams that they will have to live with their decision as no free marks will be awarded to them.

Military health services assist at 34 hospitals

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Pretoria - More than 900 men and women from the South African Military Health Service have been deployed to 34 hospitals across the country to assist with attending to patients during the public service strike.

Memorial for Joe Mathews on Friday

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Pretoria - The memorial service for the late Deputy Minister of Safety and Security, Joe Matthew, will take place on Friday at the Groote Schuur Estate in Rondebosch in Cape Town at 7pm.

Police probe Kya Sands blaze

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Pretoria - Police are still investigating the cause of the fire which razed more than 60 shacks, leaving over a hundred families homeless and one person dead in Kya Sands, north of Johannesburg.

Ministers vow to make SA safer

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Pretoria - Justice Minister Jeff Radebe and five other Cabinet ministers renewed their commitment and strengthened their partnership in eradicating crime when they co-signed a delivery agreement on Sunday.

SA students off to Cuba

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Durban - The KwaZulu-Natal Health Department held a send off event for 15 students who will leave for Cuba next week to study medicine.

More people test for HIV in Gauteng

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Johannesburg - More than 500 000 people had been tested for HIV in Gauteng in the past five months, the province's Premier Nomvula Mokonyane said on Tuesday.

GDP increases 3.2% in second quarter

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Pretoria - South Africa's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 3.2 percent in the second quarter of 2010, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Tuesday.

Strike affects 2.5 million KZN learners

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Pretoria - More than 2.5 million schoolchildren in KwaZulu-Natal have been adversely affected by the public service strike, says Premier Zweli Mkhize.

Majoro fit to face Mali in Afcon quarter final

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Pretoria - Bafana Bafana striker Lehlohonolo Majoro has recovered from his injury and is fit for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) sold out quarter final match against Mali at the Moses Mabhida stadium on Saturday.

18 killed in horror crash

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Pretoria - Eighteen people were killed in a road crash involving a mini-bus taxi and bakkie near Kokstad in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday.

Provision of ARVs disrupted in KZN

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Pretoria - The disruption of provision of ARVs to critical patients and the intimidation and assault of non-striking nurses are some of the ways in which hospitals and clinics in KwaZulu-Natal have been affected.