Johannesburg -Sixty percent of Grade six learners in Gauteng will be at or above the national literacy achievement standard by 2014, the Gauteng Department of Education said on Tuesday.
Pretoria - Bafana Bafana is expected to take on their former coach's team in a friendly match in Brazil on Saturday.
Pretoria - The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has confirmed seven new human laboratory cases of Rift Valley Fever (RVF). This pushes up the number of confirmed cases to 39.
Kempton Park - President Jacob Zuma says unless government officials are visible in communities where service delivery challenges are reported, violent protests will continue to plague South Africa's townships.
Pretoria - Millions of South Africans across the country will commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Human Rights Day on Sunday.
Pretoria - Abram Mofokeng and Johannes Sefatsa were only 20 at the time of the Sharpeville Massacre. But the tragic events of 21 March 1960 will always linger as a horrible memory despite the freedom that South Africans now enjoy as a result of that day.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has condemned the intimidation, harassment and suppression of the media in the country.
Pretoria - Resilience, lifestyle, popularity and commitment to change the lives of the poor earned President Jacob Zuma the 2009 News Maker of the Year award.
Durban - Durbanites came from far and wide to be apart of the Human Rights Day celebrations which included a variety of spiritual and fun activities for both adults and children, which were organised by the Art of Living Foundation in conjunction with the Ethekwini municipality.
Cape Town - While Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has rejected calls for free education for all, he has vowed to present a "compelling case" for poor students to get a better deal, writes Chris Bathembu.
Pretoria - Gauteng has set up special measures to ensure that the Liquor Board awards licenses in time for the 2010 Fifa World Cup.
Pretoria - A total of 30 young cyclists from Johannesburg set out on their bicycles for Durban on Human Rights Day to mark Mandela Day in advance.
Durban - A host of liberation struggle heroes including Chief Albert Luthuli, Moses Kotane, Robert Sobukwe and Ahmed Kathrada were honoured and remembered as KwaZulu-Natal Premier Zweli Mkhize addressed a gathering celebrating Human Rights Day in Howick on Sunday.
Pretoria - Bafana Bafana are headed for their second base camp in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where they are scheduled to play three more warm-up matches.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Tuesday launch a new campaign that will see every South African citizen registered with the Department of Home Affairs within a year.
