South Africa

Johannesburg - The Gauteng Department of Health on Monday urged communities possibly affected by meningitis not to panic.

Pretoria - Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi is to release the 2009 Report on the National Antenatal Sentinel HIV & Syphilis Prevalence Survey in South Africa today.

Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is adamant to reach its target of getting 22 million South Africans on the voter's roll for this year's General Elections.

New York - Zimbabwe's widespread cholera epidemic has now claimed over 4 000 lives since August, and almost 90 000 people have contracted the deadly disease, according to the latest United Nations report on the outbreak.

Cape Town - President Kgalema Motlanthe, delivering a brief address following a Sunday morning service in the Groote Kerk, told the congregation of the importance of faith organisations in South Africa.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has been given a clean bill of health by his doctors after he underwent an annual medical check-up on Wednesday.

Mbombela - Small farmers in Mpumalanga will receive a boost as of 1 April when they start supplying food to selected government schools.

Pretoria - The Western Cape aims to be the best run regional government in the world, Premier Helen Zille said as she tabled the province's R697 million provincial budget vote on Wednesday.

Pretoria - The newly revitalized Accident and Emergency Trauma Unit will open on Friday at the Job Shimankane Tabane Hospital in Rustenburg to help improve service delivery.

Pretoria - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has called on taxpayers and practitioners to comment and give feedback on the draft versions of all income tax forms for the 2009 Tax Season.

Pretoria - Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele today paid tribute to the late SA Airlink pilot who died last week after sustaining injuries during a crash landing of the aircraft he was flying.

Cape Town - African states must introduce water tight laws against piracy if they want to effectively combat the threat to the continent's coast.

Cape Town - President Kgalema Motlanthe told media on Sunday a report from the task team set up to investigate options to assist struggling sectors of the economy should be ready by next month.

Johannesburg – Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu today unveiled the R1 billion expansion project at BHP Billiton’s Metalloys manganese smelter in Meyerton, south of Johannesburg.

Parliament - Deputy President Baleka Mbete says government can not achieve all of its goals alone and that South Africans and government must work together.