South Africa

Pretoria - The Gauteng Health Department has put measures in place to address the shortage of medicines in some of the hospitals and clinics in the province.

Pretoria - Government has started to roll out the "One Environmental System”, which will initiate the streamlining of the licensing processes for mining, environmental authorisations and water use.

Pretoria - The Department of Sport and Recreation is ready to host the five-day 2014 National School Sport Championship in the City of Tshwane, Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula announced on Tuesday.

Pretoria – The Republic of China has agreed to increase short-term skills development programmes for South Africa to reduce the skills gap.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has expressed his condolences to the Tambo family following the passing of Gertrude Tambo.

Pretoria - Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has arrived in Lima, Peru, to participate in the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 20), under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Pretoria - South Africa has joined the international community in commemorating the 2014 International Anti-Corruption Day.

Pretoria – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says his department will strive to serve the public despite the challenges posed by load shedding.

Pretoria - Young people must be able to identify skills and make academic choices that are informed by the needs of the South African economy, says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi.

Pretoria – The US State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs has donated a trailer containing surveillance and investigative equipment to help the Free State fight the illegal trade in fauna and flora, as well as rhino poaching.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says he has established the Anti-corruption Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) and Task Team to implement comprehensive strategies that will root out corruption in the country.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged unemployed young people who struggle to find work, never to give up and to keep trying to be better in their own lives.

Pretoria - There is no crisis at Eskom, the company said on Monday.

Johannesburg - Although the prognosis for power supply over the festive season is not looking bad, Eskom on Monday did not rule out the possibility of load shedding.

Cape Town - The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has exceeded targets for the number of jobs and youth enterprises it created over the past year.