South Africa

Fellow South Africans!

Pretoria - Gauteng has allocated R6.3 billion for health infrastructure to improve access to health care and performance of the public health care system.

Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma has reiterated that nationalisation is not government policy.

Durban - FIFA President Sepp Blatter has described the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup as a "love story" that was becoming a reality.

Pretoria - The Gauteng provincial government has set aside R3.7 million for the distribution of food parcels to more than 14 800 people at Home Based Community Centres countrywide.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Provincial Government is to spend R12.6 billion on housing delivery.

Pretoria - An amount of R5.8 billion has been allocated to the Gauteng Department of Health to scale-up and expand the roll-out of anti-retroviral treatment to people infected with HIV and AIDS in the province.

Rustenburg - School children around the Moruleng area in the North West joined in the 100 days countdown to the 2010 FIFA World Cup by taking part in the Diski Dance.

Pretoria - The Gauteng provincial government is to launch a community works project aimed at job creation, says Finance MEC Mandla Nkomfe.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has dispelled misconceptions about South Africa not being in a position to host a successful 2010 FIFA World Cup and assured Britons that South Africa has stringent safety and security measures in place for the tournament.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana head coach Carlos Alberto Parreira says the 2010 FIFA World Cup host team should display world class football in their clash against Namibia in Durban tonight.

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Health and Social Development Qedani Mahlangu has approved three legal centres for the termination of pregnancy to try stop the practice of illegal abortions.

Cape Town - The creation of decent work will remain central to government's economic policy, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday

Pretoria - The North West Health and Social Development Department is to hold a two-day consultative forum aiming to improve the provision of healthcare services in the province.

Cape Town - Municipal and provincial officials are expected to meet tomorrow to discuss how to handle violent service delivery protests, said Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Sicelo Shiceka today.