South Africa

Durban - The HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign is well on track to achieving its target, with more than 710 000 people having been tested for HIV in KwaZulu-Natal.

Pretoria - Family, colleagues and top police brass bid an emotional goodbye on Thursday to the seven policemen tragically killed in a helicopter crash in Mpumalanga.

Pretoria - Home Affairs Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma today welcomed the vote in the National Assembly, during which Members of Parliament adopted proposed amendments to the Municipal Electoral Amendment Bill.

Pretoria - South Africans will soon get a chance to comment on the Report on the Study on the Violent Nature of Crime in South Africa. Cabinet approved the report today, which it commissioned in 2007.

Johannesburg - Gauteng schools are rapidly moving towards a situation where 60 percent of the province's learners will not have to pay school fees.

Durban - The HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign is well on track to achieving its target, with more than 710 000 people having been tested for HIV in KwaZulu-Natal.

Pretoria - Public Service and Administration Minister Richard Baloyi today urged society to be vigilant against corruption, warning that it was the single largest threat to good governance.

Pretoria - The Basic Education Department is hoping to identify the gaps to fill before implementing its Action Plan to 2014: Towards the Realisation of Schooling 2025.

Upington - Investors are this week deliberating on a feasibility study into the creation of a mega solar park in Upington, where government envisages that some 5 000 MW of renewable energy could be produced.

Pretoria - Twenty seven South African beaches have achieved the Blue Flag status for excelling in safety, cleanliness, provision of amenities and maintenance of environmental standards.

Pretoria - More economic activity is needed in order to advance South Africa's economy post the recession, said Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.

Pretoria – The Department of Labour has officially kicked off the first phase of its organisational review strategy, Project Shanduka, which is aimed at unlocking service delivery.

Pretoria - A lack of coordination, non-compliance and integration is hampering the effective rooting out of corruption in government departments, says the Public Service Commission.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has accepted diplomatic credentials from eleven new ambassadors and high commissioners to South Africa.

Pretoria - Justice Minister Jeff Radebe has urged law enforcement agencies to work around the clock to determine what led to the fire that caused extensive damage to the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Wednesday.