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No more space for first year students at TUT

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Pretoria - There is no more space for first year students at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) at its Tshwane-based campuses, Soshanguve, Ga-Rankuwa and Pretoria West.

Idea to host matches at Moses Mabhida welcomed

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Durban - President Jacob Zuma's suggestion that an international cricket fixture become an annual event at the Moses Mabhida Stadium has been received with open arms.

Appointment of SITA CEO welcomed

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Pretoria - Public Service and Administration Minister, Richard Baloyi, has welcomed the appointment of Blake Mosley-Lefatola as the CEO for the State Information Technology Agency (SITA).

Govt to aid veld fire victims

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Bloemfontein - The Free State farming community is to receive much-needed relief after being severely affected by wild veld fires.

SA one up on India

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Durban - South Africa managed to notch a win in their first of a five-match One Day International (ODI) series against India - defeating their opponents by 135 runs at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead.

World Sight Day: Come test your eyes

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Pretoria - More than 1000 Pretoria residents will have an opportunity to test their eyes, as well as other conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol, as the Gauteng Department of Health and Social Development embarks on an eye care campaign this week.

Mozambican war rifles used in rhino poaching

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Mbombela - Mpumalanga military officials have revealed that some of the rifles used to poach rhino in the Kruger National Park date back to the Mozambican civil war.

Motlanthe, ministers to discuss energy security

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Pretoria - Looming threats to the country's national electricity grid are expected to take centre stage when Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe chairs a meeting of the National Stakeholder Advisory Council on Energy on Friday.

Australia's flood death toll rises

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Brisbane - The official death toll from Australia's Queensland flood disaster has now reached 15, with 61 still missing.

Cabinet weighs in on rhino poaching

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Pretoria - Cabinet has condemned the poaching of more than 200 rhinos in parts of the country, saying this act poses a threat in the conversation of rhinos in the country.

Govt congratulates Team SA

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Cape Town - Cabinet has praised South African athletes' performance in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, while congratulating India for overcoming the odds in hosting the games.

Retailers warned not to sell expired products

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Pretoria - The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has warned retailers who sell expired products that should consumers suffer harm as a direct result of eating these products; the law will be strictly enforced.

Dept to take action against disruptive parents

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Pretoria - An investigation has been launched by the Gauteng Department of Education into an incident in which parents are believed to have locked teachers out of a school in the north of Johannesburg.

Over 8 000 inmates on ARVs

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Pretoria - Inmates with appropriate CD4 counts are on anti-retrovirals (ARVs), Correctional Services revealed on Wednesday.