Cape Town - An Ad Hoc Committee, set up by Parliament to nominate a person for the appointment of a new Public Protector, will meet on Tuesday to begin the process of shortlisting candidates.
Pretoria - Football enthusiasts are anxiously waiting to see whether their favourite world football giants qualify for Africa's first world cup, as the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying battles continue.
Pretoria - Exiled former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has headed back to his home country.
Mafikeng - With the launch of Operation Clean Audit, the North West Provincial Government hopes to assist its 24 municipalities and 10 provincial departments in achieving clean audit reports by 2014.
Johannesburg - A new, fresh and exciting TV series, the Kwanda Reality show, is set to entertain and inspire people to make a difference in their communities.
Pretoria - The Department of Trade and Industry (dti), together with three universities, is finalising the development of a Standardised National Training Programme for Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment verification.
Honourable Speaker;
His Excellency President Zuma;
Honourable Deputy President Motlanthe;
Honourable Ministers and Deputy Ministers;
Honourable Members.
Pretoria - Research Institutions such as the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection have a critical role to play in building societies and empowering citizens, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said.
Johannesburg - The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport learnt valuable lessons when it piloted the Gauride project during the FIFA Confederations Cup in June.
Johannesburg - Since its inception in 2004, over six million South Africans have opened Mzansi bank accounts which provide previously un-banked clients easy access to banking services countrywide.
Willow Park - Over 60 low cost housing units have been given to the community members of Willow Park who were previously cramped into only 32 dilapidated one-bedroomed mud houses.
Vryheid - Since its inception in 2005, KwaZulu-Natal's Investing in Culture programme has made strides by empowering and funding women's cultural projects in disadvantaged communities.
Pretoria - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has announced the abolition of the Stamp Duty Act with effect from midnight on 31 March 2009.
Vryheid - President Jacob Zuma has urged the public to participate in the debates and consultative process around the National Health Insurance (NHI).
Pretoria - Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has conveyed condolences to the bereaved families of eight mineworkers killed in a crash involving a bus on the R501 in Doornfontein on Friday morning.
