South Africa

Durban - With a staggering number of teenagers consuming alcohol in South Africa, government has partnered with the private sector to tackle the problem of underage drinking.

The Gauteng Department of Health has urged people in the high risk groups to immunize against influenza.

Pretoria - Communications Minister Dina Pule is heading a South African delegation to Geneva that will participate in the International Telecommunication Union's World Radio communications Conference.

East London - Eastern Cape Economic Development MEC Mcebisi Jonas says social housing projects are an integral part of government's quest to enhance racial integration.

Cape Town - The Department of Arts and Culture is aiming to create tens of thousands of jobs through its rolling out of 28 heritage projects and with the launch of various new programmes under a new arts strategy, the Minister of Arts and Culture Paul Mashatile revealed in his Budget Vote speech on Thursday.

East London - Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale says people should start building their own homes and stop relying on government alone to provide RDP houses.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has declared that former Minister of Corporative Governance and Traditional Affairs Sicelo Shiceka is to receive an official funeral.

Pretoria- Former President Nelson Mandela has undergone a procedure via endoscopy to have gall stones removed.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says "phenomenal strides" have been made in the past 18 years in promoting national unity and reconciliation among South Africans.

Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has appointed University of KwaZulu-Natal Vice Chancellor Professor Malegapuru Makgoba to head the Ministerial Oversight Committee on Transformation.

Pretoria - Public Enterprises Minister, Malusi Gigaba, has appointed South African Airways (SAA) executive chairperson Vuyisile Kona as the airline's acting CEO.

The Gauteng Department of Agriculture has developed a bold plan that will create more jobs for the province's unemployed women and youth.

Pretoria - Members of the public wishing to register to attend public hearings into Eskom's 16% tariff increase to the National Energy Regulator have until 4 January to do so.

Pretoria - The HIV epidemic in South Africa has in the last six years shown stabilisation and the country is on its way to reaching the Aids Millennium Development Goal of reducing the HIV prevalence rate to 25% by 2015.

Pretoria - Cabinet has once again reassured the public that all steps in line with the expectation of the Constitution have been taken to ensure that these remission of sentences do not result in unintended consequences.