Johannesburg - Africa urgently needs to develop and implement region-wide strategies to combat Tuberculosis, given the sobering fact that it is the only continent unlikely to achieve the MDG target of halving TB related deaths by the end of 2015.
Johannesburg – The ancient African proverb, ‘it takes a village to raise a child’, was given new meaning today when residents of Diepsloot, NGOs and government gathered at the informal settlement to raise awareness about responsible parenting.
Pretoria – The establishment of provincial and local transformation committees is expected to fast track transformation in sports, says Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula.
Johannesburg – The opening of a new R16-million clinic in Slovoville, near Dobsonville in Soweto, will mark an end to the days when residents used to travel for up to 10km to access health care.
Pretoria – For too long, violence against women and children has remained a hidden scandal in homes and communities, says the Director General of Social Development Coceko Phakade.
Pretoria – Over 23 000 households in Dinokana village, outside Zeerust in the North West, will have improved access to safe potable water after a R22 million water reticulation project was launched on Monday.
Pretoria - The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is going all out to ensure that inmates leave correctional centres with better skills and prospects, so they can contribute positively when they are reintegrated in society.
Before 1994 the security forces and the justice system functioned with the express intention of upholding the apartheid state. The security forces were despised by most people, lacked legitimacy and operated as an instrument of control.
Pretoria – Government has stepped up its efforts to fight Tuberculosis (TB) in prisons and mines by using GeneXpert technology which detects TB within hours.
Pretoria - The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) have entered into a collaboration agreement on sanitation innovation solutions for South Africa.
Pretoria - The first 5 000 houses in Mamelodi, which were hit by the massive hailstorm last year in November, will be repaired soon, the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements and the City of Tshwane announced on Monday.
Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has called on drivers involved in scholar transport to value the lives of their passengers and drive with extreme caution.
Pretoria – The South African Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi, has met with her Vietnamese counterpart, Dr Bui Cach Tuyen, to thrash out ways to bolster cooperation in controlling illegal wildlife trade.
Sekhukhune – Walking long distances through thorny bushes in order to access clean water will soon be a thing of the past for thousands of people residing in the Sekhukhune District in Limpopo, thanks to the opening of the De Hoop Dam.
Pretoria – Infrastructure such as the De Hoop Dam in Limpopo, is changing the lives of South Africans positively and in the most meaningful ways, says President Jacob Zuma.
