South Africa

Pretoria - Education unions have welcomed several aspects of President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address (SONA).

Johannesburg - Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, has urged parents to educate their children on how to protect themselves from the dangers of online activities.

Pretoria - Some Pretoria residents say they approve of the vision for the country President Jacob Zuma outlined in his State of the Nation Address last night.

Cape Town - The South African government has entered into a massive partnership with a leading global pharmaceutical company to manufacture the ingredients of Anti-Retroviral (ARV) drugs locally.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Health has settled in full all debts owed to medical suppliers for 2011 and is now moving at speed to implement a turnaround strategy at its medical depot, the department says.

Pretoria - A campaign to reduce the number of children killed and injured in road accidents and in memory of Nelson Mandela's great-granddaughter, Zenani, was launched in New York on Wednesday.

Pretoria - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Double Troika is this weekend meeting in Cape Town to discuss political and economic matters.

Pretoria - A high-level ministerial delegation is expected to leave for Qatar today to discuss partnerships on infrastructure.

Pretoria - Unions have a role to play in helping South Africans navigate through the tough economic times and at the same time government should give them the space to do so, says President Jacob Zuma.

Cape Town - South Africa will not be able to realise its development goals as long the majority of its children are excluded from accessing tertiary education, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday.

Cape Town - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has once again rallied behind South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma to contest the position of African Union Commission chairperson.

Kinshasa - An airplane crash on Sunday in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed a presidential adviser and injured the Central African country's finance minister.

Los Angeles - The 54th annual Grammy Awards ceremony on Sunday night began with a tribute to pop superstar Whitney Houston, who was found dead on Saturday afternoon.

Pretoria - More than R700 million has been paid by the Gauteng Department of Health and Social Development to service providers needing urgent payment.

Higher Education South Africa (HESA) has welcomed the Budget Vote delivered by Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande in Parliament on Tuesday, saying it commits to on-going funding to enhance the capabilities and capacities of public universities.