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Public service unions reach wage settlement

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Pretoria - Major public service unions have reached a wage agreement with government which would see civil servants getting salary increments of between 13 percent and 10 percent on a sliding scale.

Correctional Services to host prison heads

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Pretoria - The Correctional Services Department will next week host heads of Correctional Services or Prisons from various southern African countries for a Southern African Consultative Conference on Corrections.

SA should push to diversify energy mix - Motlanthe

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Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has told a nuclear meeting underway in Johannesburg that concerns over increases in the price of coal and global warming compel South Africa to move away from over-reliance on coal-fired power generation.

Electricity to be restored by midday

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Pretoria - Electricity to those parts of the Pretoria city centre that have been without electricity since Tuesday could be restored by midday today.

Six more SABC board members resign

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Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has received and accepted six more letters of resignation from members of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board, the Presidency said.

Police mull publishing names of recruits

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Pretoria – The idea of publishing the names of police recruits is still under consideration, and not a fait accompli, Police Ministry spokesperson Zweli Mnisi said on Monday.

SA signs treaty to protect coastal ecosystem

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Pretoria - Government ministers from South Africa, Angola and Namibia today signed an environmental treaty that will promote a coordinated regional approach to the long-term conservation and protection of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME).

Committee meets to shortlist for Public Protector

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Cape Town - An Ad Hoc Committee, set up by Parliament to nominate a person for the appointment of a new Public Protector, will meet on Tuesday to begin the process of shortlisting candidates.

2010 World Cup qualifying battles not yet over

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Pretoria - Football enthusiasts are anxiously waiting to see whether their favourite world football giants qualify for Africa's first world cup, as the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying battles continue.

Aristide goes back to Haiti

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Pretoria - Exiled former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has headed back to his home country.

North West to launch Clean Audit 2014

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Mafikeng - With the launch of Operation Clean Audit, the North West Provincial Government hopes to assist its 24 municipalities and 10 provincial departments in achieving clean audit reports by 2014.