South Africa

Durban - Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi is in Durban to assess the health sector's readiness to implement government's new AIDS treatment policy.

Nelspruit - The national Department of Health and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) have declared Mpumalanga ready for emergencies during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday said talks with South African President Jacob Zuma had gone "very well" but did not say whether they were closer to resolving their power-sharing dispute.

Pretoria - The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) has confirmed 32 human laboratory cases of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) and two deaths

Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says South Africa respects its trade relations with Finland and regards the European country as a "true friend" on both bilateral and regional levels.

Pretoria - The City of Joburg and the relevant departments have made it a top priority to protect drivers of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, its stations and commuters.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will lead a South African delegation to the Third Africa-South America (ASA) Summit to be hosted in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on Friday.

Pretoria - Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba on Wednesday met with stakeholders involved in the construction of the Medupi power plant to find a peaceful resolution that will ensure workers head back to work.

Pretoria - About 797 volunteers who recently completed their Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) training in North West have been deployed in clinics within their communities to provide services to TB patients.

Pretoria – The Department of Human Settlements says 1 061 public servants from various national, provincial and local municipalities who fraudulently benefited from government housing programme were prosecuted between the 2010/11 and 2011/12 financial years.

Pretoria - Western Cape MEC for Education Donald Grant has appealed to the public to become active citizens in the fight against crime and violence in their communities and schools.

Pretoria - Minibus taxi strikes hamper South Africa's recovery from the global economic meltdown, says the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI).

Rustenburg - The North West has increased its efforts to fight the TB treatment defaulter rate by training almost 800 directly observed therapy (Dot) supporters, who will encourage patients to take their medicine correctly.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana head coach, Carlos Alberto Parreira, needs a solid defence to contain Mexican striker Javier Hernandez when the two teams clash in the opening match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup on 11 June.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has described his working visit to Zimbabwe to iron out outstanding issues in the power sharing government as a fruitful one.