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Ministers vow to make SA safer

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Pretoria - Justice Minister Jeff Radebe and five other Cabinet ministers renewed their commitment and strengthened their partnership in eradicating crime when they co-signed a delivery agreement on Sunday.

SA students off to Cuba

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Durban - The KwaZulu-Natal Health Department held a send off event for 15 students who will leave for Cuba next week to study medicine.

More people test for HIV in Gauteng

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Johannesburg - More than 500 000 people had been tested for HIV in Gauteng in the past five months, the province's Premier Nomvula Mokonyane said on Tuesday.

GDP increases 3.2% in second quarter

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Pretoria - South Africa's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 3.2 percent in the second quarter of 2010, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Tuesday.

Strike affects 2.5 million KZN learners

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Pretoria - More than 2.5 million schoolchildren in KwaZulu-Natal have been adversely affected by the public service strike, says Premier Zweli Mkhize.

Majoro fit to face Mali in Afcon quarter final

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Pretoria - Bafana Bafana striker Lehlohonolo Majoro has recovered from his injury and is fit for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) sold out quarter final match against Mali at the Moses Mabhida stadium on Saturday.

18 killed in horror crash

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Pretoria - Eighteen people were killed in a road crash involving a mini-bus taxi and bakkie near Kokstad in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday.

Provision of ARVs disrupted in KZN

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Pretoria - The disruption of provision of ARVs to critical patients and the intimidation and assault of non-striking nurses are some of the ways in which hospitals and clinics in KwaZulu-Natal have been affected.

Gauteng shift focus to automobile

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Johannesburg - Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane says the support for the automotive industry in the province has seen the retention of hundreds of jobs at the time the sector was experiencing difficulties.

Management to assist with patients

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Pretoria - Hospital managers and CEOs who are qualified doctors and nurses have been requested to leave the comforts of their offices and assist with attending to patients during the public service strike.

SA eyes increased share of hydrogen fuel cell market

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Cape Town - Naledi Pandor, the Minister of Science and Technology, wants South Africa to achieve 25 percent of the global market in the production of hydrogen and fuel cell catalysts, using novel platinum group metal catalysts.

Motlanthe arrives in UK

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Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has touched down in the United Kingdom (UK) for a two-day visit which will look at the African agenda and the country's bid for a non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council (UNSC).