South Africa

Johannesburg - Teachers will from next year be relieved of administrative and planning tasks to enable them to devote more time to teaching and lessons.

Pretoria - Following its failure to comply with the basic requirements of operating as a union, the South African Security Forces Union (SASFU) has been deregistered as a union operating in the Department of Defence.

Pretoria - Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) have issued a statement warning members of the public about a hoax e-mail making the rounds.

Pretoria - As part of its outreach programme, Home Affairs Deputy Minister, Fatima Chohan, will address youth from Roodepoort in Cape Town on Monday in an effort to encourage them to apply for identity documents in order to access government services.

Pretoria -The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Rural Development has handed over 11 rehabilitated dip tanks to Muden livestock farmers.

Pietermaritzburg - KwaZulu-Natal Premier Zweli Mkhize has announced his provincial cabinet, after much speculation about who will and will not be retained.

Address by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma at the reburial of the Pebco 3 and Cosas 2, Missionvale Campus Arena, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, 03 October 2009

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma on Sunday witnessed the unveiling of a Mobile Telemedicine Laboratory in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal.

Pretoria - Tokyo Sexwale is expected to resign as Executive Chairman of the Mvelaphanda Group, following his appointment as Minister of Human Settlements.

Pretoria - The African National Congress (ANC) has managed to confidently secure a two thirds majority as vote counting nears completion in the 2009 General Election.

Pretoria - The hunt for a suitable candidate to replace acting CEO Pinky Lehoko at the South African Football Association (Safa) is far from over.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma and his Cabinet get down to business today, with a meeting between the first citizen and his newly sworn-in ministers and deputies.

Queenstown - Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has warned that road accidents could claim more lives than HIV and malaria put together by 2020.

Pretoria - The Department of Science and Technology has acquired a world-class High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM) that will push the frontiers of nanotechnology research.

Pretoria - The South African Revenue Services (SARS) has appointed Oupa Magashula as the acting SARS Commissioner.