Pretoria - The need to encourage greater private sector investment and the need to improve the state’s capacity to monitor, implement and manage projects are the two major challenges facing the economy, says Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene.
Pretoria - Identified as the voice of the voiceless - the media - especially community media, have a crucial role to play in promoting active citizenry in the country.
Pretoria – The Department of Basic Education says the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) has been halted in schools where reports of food contamination have emerged.
Cape Town – Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor says the country needs more black female research students in the science and technology field from the new generation of students.
Pretoria - The Lydenburg Magistrate’s Court has ordered Samancor Chrome Limited to pay R200 000 for contravening the Environment Conservation Act.
Pretoria - A lot still needs to be done to promote peace and stability in the Middle East, says International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Nomaindiya Mfeketo.
Pretoria – Public Service and Administration Minister, Collins Chabane, says as the country celebrates the 20th year since the dawn of democracy, there is a need to reflect on what the country has achieved and what challenges still lie ahead with regards to the public service.
Pretoria - A South African delegation, led by Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa, is attending the World Parks Congress in Australia.
On September 12 the lives of countless South Africans were forever transformed when a multi-storey guest house of the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria, collapsed.
Lagos – The South African government says it’s still hoping to bring back this weekend, all the mortal remains of the South Africans, who died when a church building collapsed in Nigeria in September.
Cape Town – Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says government will undertake a broadcasting policy review which will, amongst others, ensure that the broadcasting regulation framework is brought in-line with new practices.
Pretoria - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi will on Friday undertake an Outreach Sectoral Imbizo in Bloemfontein, in the Free State.
Pretoria - Africans are less likely to seek treatment for drug addiction compared to the rest of the world, it was revealed at the National Substance Abuse Treatment Symposium which started in Kimberly on Wednesday.
Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is among the panel members sitting in on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) world conference on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), in Nagoya, Japan.
Pretoria – Communities in and around the City of Tshwane will from Friday be able to enjoy travelling to and from in the new Tshwane Rapid Transit or A Re Yeng buses in dedicated lanes.
