Johannesburg - Gauteng Health MEC Brian Hlongwa has paid tribute to the late Dr Charlotte Maxeke at the unveiling of a plague formally renaming the Johannesburg Academic Hospital.
Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, has called for the suspension of the decision to withdraw the complaint and readmission of the four Reitz students.
Pretoria - The Department of Communications has launched a new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) programme to address the country's ICT skills shortage.
Pretoria - The Union Buildings was abuzz this morning with school children aged between 7 and 13 checking out the Presidency's new children's website.
Durban - To get the youth of KwaZulu-Natal to take a more keen interest in reading, the province is introducing new literacy initiatives to stimulate a love of the written word.
Harare - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is expected back in the country on Tuesday from Durban, South Africa, where he has been resting and recuperating in the wake of the tragic accident that claimed the life of his wife, Susan.
Pretoria - Economists have predicted that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will announce a 100 basis point cut at the least in the repo rate on Tuesday after their two-day meeting.
Cape Town - The Department of Water and Environmental Affairs is aware of US studies suggesting that fracking - a method of gas extraction - could contaminate drinking water sources with radioactive material.
Johannesburg - Electricity utility Eskom is calling on all South Africans to participate in the worldwide climate change awareness programme by switching off the nation's lights for an hour during the evening of 28 March.
For two Johannesburg youth, volunteering for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup tournament will provide more than just an opportunity to meet new people and make new friends, writes Simangaliso Zwane.
Johannesburg - A report released by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Sicelo Shiceka has shown the good, the bad and the ugly picture of the state of local government in South Africa.
Port Shepstone - A newly opened Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR)-TB centre on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast is set to benefit patients in this area.
Pretoria - The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) is to finalise a Male Circumcision Policy to articulate the role of circumcision in the context of men's sexual health.
Pretoria - President Kgalema Motlanthe has requested the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) to send a team of election observers to monitor the upcoming elections in South Africa.
Pretoria - As the country prepares to mark National Labour Day on Monday, Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant is set to bring illegal child labour practices to the nation's attention.
