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Pretoria - Police have confirmed that no explosives were found in both the Johannesburg Magistrates Court and the South Gauteng High Court, after a bomb scare earlier today

Pretoria - The Producer Price Index (PPI) for January 2009 has come in at 9.2 percent year-on-year (y/y) which is 1.8 percent lower than December's figure of 11 percent y/y, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported on Thursday.

Pretoria - Government is to honour the life of Sarah Bartmann by establishing the Sarah Centre of Remembrance, the Sarah Bartmann Human Rights Memorial and the Khoi-San Heritage Route, during the month of March.

Bekkersdal - The Gauteng Department of Health has opened another health centre dedicated to serving people infected with HIV and AIDS in Bekkersdal and Westonaria in the West Rand.

Pretoria - The eThekwini Municipality's Community Participation and Action Support Unit will on Thursday launch the Grant-In-Aid Programme.

Cape Town - Government is confident that considerable progress is being made to transform the country's social security system.

Pretoria - The University of the Free State (UFS) on Wednesday re-opened a consultation process regarding the re-admission of four students who allegedly abused cleaners.

Pongola - The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development will open the revamped Pongola Circuit Court in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday to give local residents much needed access to the justice system.

Johannesburg - Johannesburg Emergency Services are urging motorists and pedestrians not to use the Mofolo Bridge on Mncube Drive in Soweto which was flooded after a heavy storm on Thursday night.

Pretoria - Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica has announced the new recreational fishing season for west coast rock lobster

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Health has acknowledged the outstanding amount owed to provincial hospital suppliers and is in the process of paying them.

Bloemfontein - R6.05 billion has been allocated towards sustained economic growth, reducing unemployment and support programmes aimed at the massification of the Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP) in the Free State 2009/10 budget.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is expected to make a major statement on the fight against HIV and AIDS when he addresses the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) later today.

Cape Town - Government's Economic Sector and Employment cluster is developing a three-year Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) to help alter the structure of the economy.

Pretoria - Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) president, Vincent Charnley, stepped down on Monday until investigations into the illegal dumping of raw medical waste in Welkom were completed.