South Africa

Durban - The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has appointed 8 780 markers for the 2009 National Senior Certificate marking session.

Pretoria - The South African Football Association (SAFA) is considering taking disciplinary measures against certain members who have claimed that the SAFA elections last month were unconstitutional.

Pretoria - Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, has wished the 2009 matriculants well ahead of their Senior Certificate Examinations on Monday.

Pretoria - The Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, has assured South Africans that the 2009 Senior Certificate Examinations will be credible.

Pretoria - With only a few weeks left before the start of the 5th BRICS summit, preparations are at an advanced stage for the all-important gathering, says International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister, Ebrahim Ebrahim.

Itsoseng - The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) in the North West region has warned that it will take strict action against shop owners found to be pilfering the grant benefits of pensioners and other grant beneficiaries.

Johannesburg - Nkosinathi and his wife Patricia Dludla on Monday became the first South African parents to receive an unabridged birth certificate for their new baby boy, Sakhile.

Pretoria – South Africa is to participate in a United Nations meeting to discuss the scourge of violence against women and girls in societies across the world.

Pretoria – Leaders in government and public institutions must allow research and innovative thinking in their organisations, says the Director-General of Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy (Palama) Professor Lekoa Mollo.

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Infrastructure Development, Qedani Mahlangu, has called on all tenants of state residential and commercial property currently not paying market related rentals to approach the department’s Corner House Headquarters in Johannesburg.

Pretoria – The Mayor of Ekurhuleni Mondli Gungubele has called on residents to give inputs to the State of the City Address.

Pretoria - Crime intelligence head, Lieutant-General Richard Mdluli, is in police custody after handing himself over to the authorities on Thursday.

Pretoria - The police leadership has vowed to continue with empowering members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) through intensive training to help them fight crime.

Johannesburg - There has been mixed reactions following news that Carlos Alberto Parreira has been re-appointed as Bafana Bafana coach.

Pretoria - Excellent driving skills have paid dividends for a 31-year-old year old North West bus driver after he was announced as this year's top winner of the annual National Driver of the Year competition.