South Africa

Pretoria - Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene has briefed Cabinet on the implementation of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, which will take effect on 1 March 2016.

Pretoria - Government has called on academic institutions to take the lead in developing academic programmes and technical skills needed to take the country forward.

Pretoria - Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Jeff Radebe has announced that Cabinet has approved the introduction of a Lesotho dispensation.

Pretoria – The decision by President Jacob Zuma to establish a commission of inquiry to look at issues that have been raised by students of higher learning institutions has been welcomed by Cabinet

Pretoria – Cabinet has conveyed condolences to the Nqakula family following the death of Chumani Nqakula, says Minister in the Presidency for Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe.

Pretoria - The recent US$5.2 billion fine issued against MTN does not affect the cordial relations between South Africa and Nigeria, with government hopeful that talks between the mobile network and Nigerian authorities will bear fruit.

Pretoria – Government says it is still working hard to stimulate growth and create jobs by unlocking new opportunities in strategic economic areas.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa loses a lot of water to leaks and more youth need to be trained and participate in the recently launched War on Leaks Programme to address the problem.

Pretoria - The Department of Labour is to host a Hazardous Biological Agents (HBA) seminar to promote Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) in the South African health sector.

Pretoria - The Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations as well as the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training have unanimously agreed that funding for the post-school education sector has to be increased.

We all enjoy a success story. Every time a child from an underprivileged family becomes the first in the family to attend university and end up becoming globally renowned in his or her field of study, we all celebrate.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to provide oral answers to a number of questions from members of the National Assembly, in Parliament, in Cape Town, today.

It was renowned philosopher Franz Fanon who famously said that “each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it”.

Pretoria - The Provincial Departments of Agriculture have offered R14.7 million to be used for drought relief for small-scale and subsistence farmers in five provinces, which are currently worst affected by drought.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed retired Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal, Justice Robert Wolseley Nugent, to act as a Judge of the Constitutional Court.