South Africa

Pretoria - Several ministers have pledged to ensure South Africa's children get only the best education at school - one of government's top priorities.

Pretoria - Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele is currently considering the parole applications of 348 inmates sentenced to life imprisonment.

Pretoria – The assessment of South Africa’s state of the economy and the implementation of the country’s National Development Plan will top the four-day Cabinet Lekgotla, which began in Pretoria on Tuesday, the Presidency said.

Charlotte Maxeke Hospital’s newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer, Gladys Bogoshi, is aiming to utilise her vast experience to improve the services at the hospital as well as patients’ lives.

Cape Town – The government of South Africa is committed to creating a thriving and successful mining industry, the Minister of Mineral Resources Susan Shabangu said today.

Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, has placed focus on the country’s need for more artisans by declaring 2013 as the “Year of the Artisan”.

Pretoria - The Department of Local Government and Housing in Limpopo has dispatched a team of officials to Greater Tzaneen area to assess damage caused by storms last night.

Pretoria - The new minimum wage for farmworkers for the next three years has been pegged at R105 per day, the Minister of Labour Mildred Oliphant announced in Pretoria on Monday.

Pretoria - Banyana Banyana will this morning visit Daveyton to garner support ahead of the crucial 2010 CAF African Women Championship opening match against Tanzania on Sunday.

Boksburg – Happy staff is the key to ensuring good patient care. This was the message given to 102 newly appointed hospital CEOs attending the country’s inaugural orientation programme designed for this group.

Pretoria - A review and tightening of the Employment Equity Act may be a solution to the "gloomy" picture of the status of employment equity in the country.

Johannesburg - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) will from October begin using a new and modernised programme when dealing with customs.

Johannesburg – With the 2014 Soccer World Cup around the corner, South Africa’s soccer administrators have been told to prepare a strong Bafana Bafana team to represent the nation in Brazil.

Pretoria - Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has called on all South Africans to participate in the drafting of South Africa’s third and final African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) country report.

Pretoria - Free tickets to the 2010 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Women Championship will be available today at Computicket, Shoprite, Checkers and Checkers Hyper outlets countrywide.