South Africa

Mbombela - Domestic workers and contract cleaners in Mpumalanga's capital have welcomed the annual wage increase that took effect today.

Pretoria - Ekurhuleni residents have been warned that the Brakpan Licensing Centre in Ekurhuleni is operating under limited capacity following a burglary last Friday.

Belfast - Mozambican government authorities are trying to establish the names of the Mozambican citizens who were among 18 people killed in a horrific road accident in Mpumalanga on Thursday morning.

Pretoria - The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) says it is working on restoring its news feed, which is down due to technical problems.

Pretoria - Environmental Health Assistants have been urged to apply for registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) by the end of next month.

Pretoria - Although over three million people have tested for HIV, the Gauteng Health Department is calling on others to heed the call and voluntarily have themselves tested.

Cape Town - Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu has reiterated that South Africa would not nationalise its mines.

Malalane - The Mpumalanga government has offered to help bury a recently married couple who died in a horrific road accident along with their three children over the weekend.

She had been an asthma sufferer since the age of 12, an affliction she really never outgrew. At 22, it seemed as though the lung disease had reared its ugly head again.

Pretoria - Trading on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has been restored following delays earlier this morning.

Pretoria - South Africa's unemployment rate fell to 23.9% in the fourth quarter of 2011, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Tuesday.

President Jacob Zuma has encouraged communities to use land more effectively to fight hunger and poverty.

Pretoria - The North West Department of Health has terminated the contract of a company which provides security services at a number of health facilities within the Ramotshene Moiloa Sub-District.

Pretoria- Vehicle sales in November improved by 11.7% to reach 49 499 vehicles sold, the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (NAAMSA) said.

Pretoria - Nearly R10 million has been paid so far by the Gauteng Department of Health and Social Development in two medical negligence cases.