Buffalo City's special-programmes unit has launched a special forum - the aim of which is to boost the role of the municipality's women employees - at a function in East London.

President Thabo Mbeki today launched the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) which aims to create jobs through labour intensive infrastructure projects.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) urged members to embark on vigorous water management programmes to ensure sustainable food security in the region after meeting in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania over the weekend.

As part of a major restructuring drive, municipal and Eskom electricity distribution systems will be shut down to make way for new national distribution companies that will be government owned.

Newly elected Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool says his administration will outline plans to solve "huge backlogs" in service delivery, especially in the areas of health and education, when he delivers his State of the Province address later this month.

Government has expressed concerns at the findings of a United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) report, South Africa: Human Development report 2003: Unlocking people's creativity, which authorities say contain contradictions and incorrect facts.

Known worldwide for their pioneering work in HIV/Aids research, James McIntyre and Glenda Gray have amassed a string of sponsors and awards and have saved many lives since their humble beginnings 10 years ago

Representatives of the National Council of Provinces were sworn in by Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson at a ceremony in Parliament.

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