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Day, South Africa's President Jacob Zuma announced a major policy shift, offering to provide treatment to all children diagnosed as HIV-positive. Day speech, announced that South Africa would provide treatment for all HIV-positive children, a dramatic step forward for a...

Gauteng provincial minister Gedani Mahlangu set up a task-team on Monday. Thembisa Kometsi was admitted into a Johannesburg hospital, where officials say her legs were amputated because they had gangrene. An opposition party has described the incident as a "maiming"...

HIV-positive pregnant women globally receiving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment to prevent them passing HIV to their children; up from 24 percent in 2006. South Africa, 91 percent in Namibia and 95 percent in Botswana. Other countries lagged behind: in Nigeria only...

A 19-year-old man was shot dead in his home allegedly by a neighbour in the Shayamoya area of Kwambonambi, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Monday. Captain Jabulani Mdletshe said the neighbour had an argument with the young man earlier on Sunday....

The Johannesburg head office of South Africa's second largest bank was evacuated on Monday afternoon following a bomb threat. Fin24.com has been told that the imposing Sauer Street head office was evacuated midday after an employee, who has been retrenched,...

Electricity parastatal Eskom is expected to submit a revised proposal to the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) on Monday. This was confirmed by a spokesperson who did not want to be named...Several media speculated on Monday morning that Eskom...

Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said the man apparently lost control of the vehicle when travelling from Diepsloot to Krugersdorp. "[The car] rolled several times down the embankment." When paramedics arrived on the scene they found bystanders had pulled the...

A total of 36 patients were treated. “Three were in a serious condition, 10 had less serious injuries and 23 were treated for minor injuries,” paramedics said. Netcare 911 spokesman, Chris Botha, who had been on the scene earlier, said...