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All systems go for 2012 matric exams

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Pretoria - It's all systems go for the 2012 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, with the Department of Basic Education announcing its readiness to administer credible and fair exams.

TFR to transport hematite in November

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Pretoria - The first train service to transport hematite products from Swaziland to South Africa's Richards Bay will begin in November and is also expected to stimulate job creation, said Transnet Freight Rail (TFR).

Standard & Poor's downgrades Eskom

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Pretoria - Electricity parastatal Eskom has expressed concern at rating agency Standard &Poor's announcement to downgrade its credit rating by one notch.

Storm kills child, injures eight

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Malalane - A storm that tore through Mpumalanga on Tuesday night has left one child dead and eight villagers severely injured in hospital, while about 100 households have been displaced.

ARV roll-out boosts life expectancy

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Cape Town - The government's massive scaling up of its anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment programme is beginning to show results, with a new report showing that South Africa's life expectancy has increased by over three years in the last two years.

SA, Indonesia seek ways to enhance trade

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Pretoria - South Africa and Indonesia have agreed to enhance bilateral relations and will conduct a joint study to explore trade opportunities, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies.

Task team set up for SAA

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Johannesburg - Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba on Monday announced that a task team has been set up to come up with a turnaround strategy for the state owned airline, South African Airways (SAA).

President Zuma congratulates Governor on award

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus for being named as the 2012 Emerging Markets Central Bank Governor for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Happy ending for Makhubela family

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Ngobi - When President Jacob Zuma visited Ngobi village earlier this year, Martha Makhubela was sharing a one-room tin shack with her siblings. Four months later, the family now owns a five-room, fully furnished house.