Pretoria - The National Association of People Living with HIV and Aids (NAPWA) has welcomed government's budget allocation towards boosting hospital facilities that will see the phasing in of the National Health Insurance (NHI).
Pretoria - Political parties have broadly supported Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's Budget Speech, especially the focus on economic growth, job creation and poverty alleviation.
Pretoria - The Department of Mineral Resources has warned of a syndicate that is fraudulently ordering goods and services under the pretence that it is for the department.
Pretoria - Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale will meet 60 youth leaders in Johannesburg today as part of efforts to encourage increased youth involvement in human settlements development.
Mbombela - An outbreak of meningitis has been reported in Mpumalanga's capital city.
Pretoria - The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is expected to explain its decision to give former municipal manager, Graham Richards, a golden handshake to Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Sicelo Shiceka.
Pretoria - The public have been warned by the Gauteng Health and Social Development to take anti-malarial medication before they visit malaria endemic areas.
Pretoria - Christmas came early for the residents of Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape when Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale handed over 500 houses to the community on Tuesday.
Pretoria - The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) has commended government's determination to prioritise education as a key tool to addressing the country's problem of skills' shortages.
Pretoria - Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, has commended the arrest of eight suspects allegedly involved in acts of child pornography.
Pretoria - More than 100 police officials have been kicked off the South African Police Service (SAPS) for their involvement in fraud and corruption.
Pretoria - The husband of murdered UK tourist Anni Dewani was implicated as the mastermind behind her killing in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.
Pretoria - Contractors who do shoddy work have been warned that they will be blacklisted with Treasury.
Pretoria - South Africa's national football team, Bafana Bafana, complicated their journey to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil by playing to a 1-all draw with minnows Ethiopia at home on Sunday.
Pretoria - The provincial Health Department in Gauteng has downplayed claims of a meningococcal meningitis outbreak in the province, saying there is no need for people to be alarmed.
