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The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) symposium currently taking place in Johannesburg is trying to find ways to use the 2010 FIFA World Cup as a platform to advance awareness about HIV and AIDS.
All court judgments against the state involving money will be complied with within 30 days, government spokesman Themba Maseko said on Wednesday.
Acting Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Services (SAPS) in Mpumalanga, Rex Machabi, has warned people in possession of fraudulent drivers licences to come forward and hand them over.
With just over 200 days left before the biggest soccer showpiece in South Africa, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa on Wednesday unveiled a comprehensive security plan to ensure the safety of visitors during the tournament.
The Pretoria government is probing reports that South African mercenaries are training Guinean militia, recruited by the country's military junta on an ethnic basis.
Women in developing countries are among the most vulnerable to the effects of crisis - be that climate change, food price hikes, the HIV/AIDS pandemic or the global recession. It is becoming more commonplace to hear women's testimony, but are women's voices heard when it comes to deciding on solutions?
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa says the recent crime statistics have highlighted the need for police to adopt a vigorous approach against criminals including changing the law to give police officers more power.
Cabinet has expressed its deep concern about the spate of attacks on foreign nationals at De Doorns in the Boland.
THE government should raise electricity tariffs to a level that will allow Eskom and independent power producers to operate, according to consultants Frost & Sullivan.
THE government expressed its concern yesterday about the growing perception that Pretoria is limiting the number of Nigerian nationals wanting to visit SA for business and tourism purposes.
Xenophobic violence has once again reared its head in South Africa, after more than a thousand Zimbabwean migrants were driven from their homes in a rural settlement in the country on Tuesday.
A small army of 950 Irish volunteers clad in bright t-shirts and hardhats and with white legs sticking out between their shorts and their boots, is determined to complete the building of 200 state subsidised houses within a week.
The Ehlanzeni District Municipality in Mpumalanga's lowveld is launching a campaign to promote entrepreneurship among its residents.
POLICE captain Renate Barnard should have been promoted to superintendent in 2006 because she proved her competence in interviews and her score ratings were higher than the other candidates, retired assistant police commissioner Abraham Burger told the Labour Court yesterday.
BOMBELA, the Gautrain concessionaire, said yesterday it had put forward a cheaper option which would see the first phase of the rail link completed in time for next year's Soccer World Cup.
THE Special Investigating Unit expects to "shortly" conclude its probe into allegations that South African Social Security Agency CEO Fezile Makiwane used R2,5m meant for poverty alleviation for a party.
THE Land Claims Commission cannot afford to honour at least R10bn in outstanding commitments to land owners and claimants, Business Day has established.
MPs were shocked yesterday by a report on how top correctional services officials colluded with a major company in tender rigging and accepted millions in "inducements" that saw billions in contracts going to a single group of companies.
Up to 2700 Zimbabwean asylum seekers have set up a temporary "safety camp" in a rural South African town following attacks on their shacks in a dispute over jobs.
After scooping a gold medal at the Asia Pacific Youth Para Games, 18-year old Evans Maripa, has set his sights on the 2012 Olympic Games.
MEC for Local Government and Traditional Affair, Gordon Kegakilwe, has condemned the incidents of violence and destruction of property by the residents of Seweding village in the Mafikeng Local Municipality.
Deputy Minister of Tourism Tokozile Xasa will on Friday officially launch a 2010 Visitor Information Centre (VIC) in Bloemfontein to provide information for tourists arriving in the province for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
A section of the rapid rail network Gautrain route between OR Tambo International Airport and Sandton could be completed before the start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Eskom on Wednesday announced the appointment of a new financial director, managing director and managing director.
South Africa's trade conditions in October remained positive, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) said on Wednesday.
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