Pretoria - People with disabilities are -- if not more -- vulnerable to HIV infection like the rest of the population, and they also face barriers to access to HIV and Aids services.
Pretoria - Public Service and Administration Minister Richard Baloyi says for good governance to prevail, Chapter 9 institutions must exercise their powers and perform their functions without fear, favour or prejudice.
Pretoria - The Department of Higher Education and Training is to assign a team of selected markers to scrutinise the examination scripts and the extent of the examination leak at the Mpumalanga Further Education and Training (FET) College.
Pretoria - Cabinet has instructed Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale to urgently interact with the Gauteng Provincial Government to find a solution to the eviction of people from houses allegedly built illegally in Lenasia, South of Johannesburg.
Boksburg - Gauteng MEC for Education, Barbara Creecy, has appealed to parents, teachers and school principals to take action as soon as they notice signs of bullying.
Pretoria - Acting US Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank will be in South Africa and Kenya next week to launch a business in Africa campaign that will help American businesses identify opportunities on the African continent.
Pretoria - Cabinet has welcomed the temporary return to work by striking farmworkers in the Western Cape while the parties are still finding a solution to the dispute.
Pretoria - Major changes are set to kick-off to revive South Africa's aging electricity infrastructure, with Cabinet having approved a grand plan to revamp the system.
Pretoria - More than 1 500 elderly people from around the country will on Wednesday get an opportunity to discuss key issues affecting them with Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini.
Pretoria - Cabinet has agreed that provincial governments and municipalities be given more capacity to act when their areas are struck by disaster - this to improve the rate of response in times of crisis.
Cape Town - Government is to host a week-long National Youth Camp (NYC) for 500 youths aged between 17 and 24 from communities throughout South Africa to provide a forum for dialogue among young people and policy makers.
Pretoria - The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) has urged matric learners to work hard and aim high as they start their final exams.
Pretoria - Cabinet has approved the 2010 FIFA World Cup Country Report for circulation to all relevant stakeholders, acting Cabinet spokesperson, Phumla Williams, announced on Thursday.
Pretoria - The Department of Higher Education and Training remains concerned with the slow development of African languages in the country's universities and has set up a Ministerial Advisory Panel to look into the issue.
East London - Eastern Cape education officials are confident examination papers will not be leaked in the province.
