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Flagstaff - Government leaders in the Eastern Cape have been urged to put youth development and employment at the centre of their plans.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Provincial Government on Wednesday officially delegated some housing and human settlements functions as well as decision-making authority to the three Metros in the province.

Pretoria - The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government says it is moving swiftly to boost the province's capacity to deal with the outbreak of rabies and has set up a task team to develop an intervention strategy.

Pretoria - The chairperson of the Arms Procurement Commission Judge Willie Seriti has appointed the Secretary of the Commission and ten legal practitioners as evidence leaders.

Johannesburg - On a chilly winter's morning on Thursday President Jacob Zuma traded his luxury motorcade for a Metro Rail train to get first-hand experience of Gauteng's public transport system.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has paid tribute to the retiring presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa Ivan Abrahams calling him a great son of South Africa who had served the country selflessly over many years.

Port Elizabeth - Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale has, just days before Youth Day, called on young people to make positive changes in their communities by volunteering their services.

Johannesburg - From unemployment, a lack of housing, high electricity prices, load shedding and the slow service at the local clinic to drug abuse - the residents of Soweto on Thursday highlighted their problems to President Jacob Zuma.

Mbombela - A study is being done to see if Mpumalanga's poorest communities can harvest fog as a vital water source.

Pretoria - Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says all forms of racism on and off the field must be seriously dealt with - and not with a simple handshake.

Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says the delivery plan of text books to Limpopo schools is well on track.

Pretoria - Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Collins Chabane, says the recent Supreme Court of Appeal judgment - which decided that the right to mine in South Africa in the sense of the right to prospect and mine for minerals and extract and dispose of them is vested in the State - has been welcomed by Cabinet.

Pretoria - Cabinet has approved the first annual National Evaluation Plan which identifies the evaluations to be undertaken over the next year.

Pretoria - Cabinet has called on all South Africans to support the 94+ Projects for Madiba campaign aimed at celebrating former President Nelson Mandela's 94th birthday and his legacy by improving infrastructure in 94 schools across the country.

Pretoria - Cabinet has noted the stakeholder engagement process of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) starting today.