South Africa

Pretoria - The Department of Water Affairs has pledged to work closely with municipalities to strengthen their capacity and improve reporting on water-quality systems.

Pretoria - The North West Department of Health has set an ambitious target of circumcising 70 000 men per annum to prevent the ongoing transmission of HIV.

Pretoria - Operations at the Rusthof Old Age Home in the Western Cape are back to normal following a blaze there, that claimed the lives of three people over the weekend.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated Minister Sbu Ndebele for his appointment as Chancellor of the University of Zululand, hoping that he would take the institution to the next level.

Pretoria - Technical experts are working around the clock to improve the World Cup ticket selling system, to avoid any future inconvenience, says FIFA.

Pretoria - South Africans who still wish to purchase 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets will be relieved to know that a few thousand additional tickets have gone on sale today.

Cape Town - Government plans to boost up support to small businesses and co-operatives by introducing a new co-operatives policy.

Pretoria - Government is working around the clock to secure the release of four South African peacekeepers kidnapped in Sudan this week.

Pretoria - The country's reputation as a world-class destination would be further entrenched after the FIFA World Cup, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has told MPs.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is among the delegates participating in the three-day World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa which starts in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, this morning.

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education has gazetted a policy aimed at promoting regular school attendance of learners by instituting proper recording and monitoring systems

Pretoria - A specialist team from the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) will follow up on the Auditor General's report on alleged governance transgressions and weaknesses at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).

Pretoria - Science and Technology Minister, Naledi Pandor, says there is a need to increase the number of mathematics and science subject passes for South Africans to realise their potential.

Pretoria - Limpopo Premier Cassel Mathale wants the Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDA) to make the province an industrious region.

Pretoria- The Business Confidence Index (BCI) continued its upward trend registering 84.2 points in April - up from the 83.2 points registered in March, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) said on Wednesday.