South Africa

Mahikeng - The Marikana tragedy that struck the Lonmin mine in Rustenburg in August last year should never happen again, says North West Premier Thandi Modise.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is heading back to South Africa after
his three-day state visit to the United Kingdom where he managed to reach agreement on several bilateral issues and shared international priorities with the host country.

Pretoria - The names of over 200 indentured labourers have been put on the Wall of Names at Freedom Park to mark 150 years since the arrival of Indians.

Pretoria – The Western Cape has embarked on a number of partnerships aimed at expanding healthcare opportunities to all, Western Cape Premier Helen Zille announced on Friday.

Bloemfontein - Free State MEC for Finance Seiso Mohai has called for a better strategy for revenue collection by provincial departments during his 2010/11 provincial budget speech.

Bloemfontein - Millions of rands have been allocated for the re-opening of a hospital school and implementing the Occupational Specific Dispensation (OSD) in the Free State.

Bloemfontein - The Free State Department of Education has been allocated R8.54 billion for this financial year, with other departments identified to help the department provide quality education.

Pretoria - Gauteng Health and Social Development MEC, Qedani Mahlangu, has called on hospital board members in the province to hold their CEO's accountable for service delivery at different health institutions.

Pretoria - It is the prerogative of President Jacob Zuma to choose to be accompanied by any or all of his spouses on official or public engagements, the Presidency said on Wednesday.

Santiago - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday expressed the solidarity of the United Nations with the people of Chile as they seek to recover from last week's devastating earthquake, as he visited one of the areas hit hardest by the disaster.

Pretoria - Applicants waiting presidential pardon will be notified of the outcome of their applications through normal procedures, the Presidency said on Wednesday.

Bloemfontein - The Free State is to increase labour intensive industries as part of their efforts of creating decent jobs for the unemployed in line with government's Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) for job creation.

Pretoria – Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor on Friday signed visa waiver agreements with ambassadors from several countries.

Pretoria - The Western Cape Provincial Government has directed 76% of its annual budget towards opening opportunities for people in poor communities through education, health services, housing and social development programmes.

Pretoria - Last year's matrics are this morning finding out how they faired in their final examinations after the 2009 Senior Certificate Examination results were released at midnight last night.