South Africa

Soweto - The Gauteng provincial government is sending hundreds of taxi operators back to school in a bid to help them manage their business better.

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane will undertake a working visit to Sudan on Tuesday to further enhance bilateral relations between the two countries.

Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma has welcomed the 2009 Tri-Nations champions, the Springboks, at the OR Tambo International Airport this afternoon.

Durban - KwaZulu-Natal healthcare services are to receive a major boost with the graduation of 2 062 new nurses from various campuses of the KwaZulu-Natal College of Nursing.

Johannesburg - South Africa's Sumbandila Satellite is set to be launched into space from a Russian Soyuz rocket at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, later today

Pretoria - The National Senior Certificate (NSC) supplementary examinations has been concluded without any serious irregularity or incident, the Department of Basic Education said.

Pretoria - The Presidency has urged members of the public who do not get through to the Presidential Hotline the first time, to be patient, as the glitches will be sorted out.

Pretoria - South Africa is to sign an environmental treaty with the governments of Angola and Namibia, the Department of Environmental Affairs said on Friday.

Pretoria - National Treasury Director General Lesetja Kganyago has been appointed as the new Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank, President Jacob Zuma announced on Friday.

Durban - The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Arts and Culture has offered to pay the funeral costs of the two maidens who died in a stampede during the Royal Reed Dance at Nyokeni Palace in KwaNongoma at the weekend.

Pretoria - As the number of H1N1 Influenza deaths increase, with 20 lives being lost in the pandemic, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has issued a directive to healthcare workers to put all pregnant women with flu-like symptoms on Tamiflu.

Pretoria - Police have sent a strong message to criminals that crime will not be tolerated after six armed robbers were killed during a cash-in-transit heist.

Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has described the latest incident of alleged police brutality in Lomanyaneng, in the North West, as an embarrassment to the South African Police Service (SAPS).

Cape Town - The Ad Hoc Committee, set up by Parliament to appoint a new Public Protector, will interview four of the eight shortlisted candidates today.

Pretoria - The capital city is expected to come to a standstill when the country's three medallists - Caster Semenya, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, and Tshepo Mokwena - will parade the streets.