South Africa this year celebrates 14 years of local government. This period has been marked by seismic changes, which were necessary to overhaul the dysfunctional administrative and political structure the apartheid government had imposed on our nation.
Our founding President Nelson Mandela often highlighted the profound impact water had in changing lives. He shared his personal experience of growing up in the former Transkei where water for household use had to be drawn each day.
Pretoria - As part of the Thusong Service Centre week, Communications Deputy Minister Stella Ndabeni–Abrahams will today launch the Thusong Success Stories Booklet at Leretlhabetse Thusong Service Centre, in Moretele Municipality, North West.
Pretoria - The South African Police Service (SAPS) has promoted 7 524 members in various divisions countrywide.
Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will today travel to Lesotho to mediate in the political crisis after the leaders agreed to bring the country’s election date forward from 2017, in an attempt to solve the impasse.
Cape Town – Government has dispatched a search and rescue team to Lagos to assist in the recovery of the remains of South Africans killed during a tragic building collapse in Nigeria, says International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.
Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says there is a plan to develop a comprehensive communications strategy to address the prevalence HIV and Aids among young men and women.
Johannesburg - The Presidential Local Government Summit, which kicks off tomorrow, is expected to build on successes and redress failures of the past in all 278 South African municipalities.
Pretoria - The Department of Correctional Services says it needs more healthcare workers to help it break the cycle of crime among offenders.
Cape Town – The Department of Public Service and Administration has announced that stiffer rules are being introduced to tighten the management of ethics and integrity in government.
Cape Town – Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) was amongst the state organs that were mentioned for the quality of their management practices across the national and provincial spheres.
Pretoria – Government has advised relatives of family members involved in the Lagos tragedy to contact the Department of International Relations and Cooperation for assistance.
Pretoria - Sixty infrastructure programmes have been completed in a year in the Eastern Cape, as part of government’s programme to transform the education sector by providing decent school facilities.
Pretoria - The ozone layer was showing positive signs of recovery, a report presented by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) said.
Pretoria - The Department of Public Works says it has reached important milestones in its annual performance targets in the first quarter of the 2014/15 financial year.
