South Africa

Durban - Government is to improve the quality of education at schools by changing the learning, teaching and management of schools.

When President Jacob Zuma recently told school principals to interrogate why education policies have failed to deliver excellence, for one person in the room, the reality sank that the buck would stop with her and colleague Deputy Minister Enver Surty, to see that this state of affairs is turned around.

Durban - President Jacob Zuma is to make unannounced visits to schools to assess the performance of schools in disadvantaged communities.

Pretoria - A man has been arrested on suspicion of allegedly killing animals on a residential premises in Pretoria's wealthy suburb of Waterkloof, without the correct authority to do so.

Mafikeng - The North West Provincial Government has condemned the setting alight of parts of the building that houses the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in Mafikeng.

Durban - School principals have welcomed the initiative taken by President Jacob Zuma to interact with them and address matters affecting the country's education system.

Parliament - The Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises has submitted legislative proposals that seek to amend the Commission on Gender Equality Act and the Human Rights Commission Act.

Address by His Excellency, President Jacob Zuma, The President of the Republic of South Africa, at the 1st Annual Jacob Zuma Matsushima Karate Cup, Durban International Convention Centre

We must work smarter and faster to drastically improve the lives of marginalized and poor women who are in the majority

Pretoria - Major public service unions have reached a wage agreement with government which would see civil servants getting salary increments of between 13 percent and 10 percent on a sliding scale.

Pretoria - Bafana left back, Mzivukile Tom, has been released from the squad after he suffered groin strain.

Pretoria - The Correctional Services Department will next week host heads of Correctional Services or Prisons from various southern African countries for a Southern African Consultative Conference on Corrections.

Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has told a nuclear meeting underway in Johannesburg that concerns over increases in the price of coal and global warming compel South Africa to move away from over-reliance on coal-fired power generation.

Pretoria - Electricity to those parts of the Pretoria city centre that have been without electricity since Tuesday could be restored by midday today.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has received and accepted six more letters of resignation from members of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board, the Presidency said.