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Zuma, Theron discuss HIV

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has met with Academy Award-winning actor and activist Charlize Theron in Pretoria, where they discussed South Africa’s response to HIV/Aids and Theron’s role in the fight against the disease.

Five suspects in KZN family killing to appear in court

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Durban – The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner Lt General Mammonye Ngobeni has expressed shock and disappointment following the senseless killing of five family members of Eshowe (Mbongolwane), some 146.9 km away from Durban at the weekend.

Official funeral for Langa

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Pretoria- President Jacob Zuma has declared a special official funeral for the late former Chief Justice Pius Langa.

Churches urged to help offenders

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Pretoria - Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has called on religious leaders to play a more active role in healing victims of crime and rehabilitating offenders.

Prison no place for babies, says department

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Pretoria- Prison is not a place to raise children, but hundreds of South African women are languishing in foreign jails for drug trafficking and those arrested while pregnant are forced to give birth in these jails.

Shabangu assures mining students

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Johannesburg- Is the future of mining threatened in South Africa? Is the country about to lose its status as the continent’s mining power house? And what is the government doing to address the skills shortage in maths and science?

Govt to help citrus industry access BRICS market

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Johannesburg - The citrus industry will soon be exporting to China and India, as well as the African continent, as government has made a commitment to help farmers forge trade links with the two BRICS nations.

M&G nuclear committee claims wrong, says govt

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Pretoria - Government has dismissed allegations by the Mail & Guardian on the restructuring of the National Nuclear Energy Executive Co-ordinating Committee (NNEECC), with Acting Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) CEO Phumla Williams describing the newspaper’s report as devoid of truth.

No schools affected by shredding of workbooks

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Pretoria – Supply chain services company UTi has assured the Department of Basic Education that no schools were adversely affected by the shredding of 100 school workbooks from the 2012 school-year at its Empangeni warehouse.

Growth prospects weaken

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Pretoria - South Africa’s growth prospects have weakened in the current global and domestic environment, Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus said on Friday.