South Africa

Durban - South Africans must get involved in the national plan on HIV and AIDS by talking openly about the disease and getting tested regularly.

Johannesburg - The new South African passport, which has more security features, will come into effect from next week.

Johannesburg - The special "event visa" which will help process soccer fans faster at the country's airports, is to be launched on 27 April, on national Freedom Day.

The Presidency has noted the ruling in the North Gauteng High Court today in the application by former National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Vusi Pikoli interdicting President Jacob Zuma from making a permanent appointment of a new NDPP.

Pretoria - Business leaders attending President Jacob Zuma's business summit on job creation were optimistic on Friday that the meeting may provide some kind of indication on how government planned to work with the private sector to meet its job creation targets.

Pretoria - Despite energy saving campaigns such as Earth Hour, South Africa is still battling to create a healthy electricity reserve margin.

Cape Town - Government wants to create a delivery unit that would respond directly to specific service delivery challenges.

Pretoria - The Presidency said on Tuesday that it respects and will abide by the High Court judgment interdicting President Jacob Zuma from appointing a permanent National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP).

Durban - A handbook has been developed to facilitate governance and development responses to HIV and AIDS.

Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will today publish a final list of political party candidates who are eligible to contest the 22 April General Elections.

Johannesburg - The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) has a new directive to ensure that incidents of commuters falling from moving trains as a result of unclosed doors will be a thing of the past.

Pretoria - The South African Government has condemned today's verdict against Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, saying the opportunity for nation building has been lost.

Pretoria - The South African Government has condemned today's verdict against Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, saying the opportunity for nation building has been lost.

Durban - While acknowledging the global economic crisis, Health Minister Barbara Hogan has called donors to sustain allocations of funding for health services.

Pretoria – Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa says that anybody who attacks or kills a police officer will face the full might of the law.