South Africa

Port Elizabeth - President Jacob Zuma says he is satisfied with the progress being made by authorities to turn around the Eastern Cape Education Department.

Pretoria - Science and Technology Deputy Minister Derek Hanekom is leading a high-powered South African delegation to China to strengthen partnerships between China and South Africa in the field of radio astronomy.

Pretoria - Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs will today and tomorrow visit KwaZulu-Natal to monitor and assess the impact caused by tropical storm Irina.

Bushbuckridge - Mpumalanga residents who suffered damage to their homes during the floods that lashed the province in February have been urged to come forward and get assistance.

Pretoria - South Africa's KAT-7 telescope - a seven-dish array which is a precursor to the much larger MeerKAT telescope and a prototype for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) - has reached another milestone by producing the first atomic hydrogen spectral line images of a nearby galaxy.

Pretoria - The Consumer Price Index (CPI) continued its upward trend, rising to 6.3% in January, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced on Wednesday.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport, with the assistance of SANRAL, says it is putting all efforts into alleviating traffic congestion around the sink hole on the Ben Schoeman freeway just south of Jean Avenue in Centurion.

Pretoria - The North West Department of Health is to add 48 000 patients to its antiretroviral treatment programme in the next nine months, an increase from the 151 589 people currently on treatment.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will tomorrow jet off to Cotonou, Benin, to attend the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government Ad Hoc Committee Meeting.

Port Elizabeth - President Jacob Zuma on Friday moved to inject energy into South Africa's infrastructure plan when he officially opened the new multi-billion Rand Port of Ngqura, situated outside Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape.

Johannesburg - Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has welcomed the findings and recommendations of the Nicholson Inquiry into the affairs of Cricket South Africa (CSA).

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has encouraged South African Olympians to bring home the medals for former President Nelson Mandela from the upcoming 2012 London Olympic Games.

Pretoria - Every effort is being made to address the incorrect perceptions about the crime rate in Gauteng, says Premier Nomvula Mokonyane.

Pretoria - The declaration of the Voortrekker Monument as the first Afrikaans national heritage site since the advance of democracy is a significant milestone to building a united and diverse South Africa, says Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile.

Pretoria - Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile has asked the City of Tshwane to broaden the scope of consultation into the renaming of Pretoria.