South Africa

Pretoria – The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government joined residents who came out in large numbers to witness the fourth leg of the 2013 KZN Winter Air Tour.

Pretoria –When Stoni Madlala moved to Lotus Park in Northdale, Pietermaritzburg in 1995 the place was peaceful and residents lived in harmony.

Pretoria – Government has recommitted itself to a clean, accountable public service on Public Service Day, says Minister of Public Service and Administration, Lindiwe Sisulu.

By Thabisile Khoza

Mbombela - Forty Mpumalanga police officers have learned to use sign language in order to service hearing impaired people and open case dockets, among other things.

Pretoria – Government has commenced a public consultation process where citizens can submit their inputs on strategies and plans aimed at improving policing, holistically, through the Green Paper on Policing.

Pretoria – The Presidency says Nelson Mandela’s doctors are satisfied that the former President suffered no harm when the military ambulance transporting him to hospital had an engine problem.

Durban – Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says government is working hard to bring about a radical shift in mind sets and behaviours in its response to HIV/Aids.

Mthatha - As millions of people around the world prepare to honour former President Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday on 18 July, the area around his birth place has been turned into a construction site, with projects currently underway expected to boost the local economy.

The days of being forced to leave their village after Grade 7 because there is no high school will be a thing of the past for the pupils of Mvezo, former President Nelson Mandela’s birth place.

Qunu – Learners at the school where Nelson Mandela first attended as a child have wished the former President a blessed 95th birthday, joining a worldwide chorus of birthday wishes sent to the anti-apartheid icon.

Pretoria - The remains of the bodies of the Denel employees who were killed when a United Nations compound was attacked by insurgents in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Wednesday, have been repatriated back into South Africa.

Pretoria - Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Obed Bapela is to lead a delegation of young people to Tanzania on Saturday - as part of the 5th OR Tambo Edu Tour.

Pretoria - There has been a marked growth in the country’s community media over the years and government continues to increase its ad spend in this sector, Media Development and Diversity Agency CEO, Lumko Mtimde, said on Friday.

Pretoria - Negotiations to locate and secure the release of two South Africans kidnapped in Yemen are continuing, says International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim.

Pretoria - The sentencing of the two men linked to the murder of former Ehlanzeni Chief Whip Johan Ndlovu is a signal that government is gradually winning the war against crime.