Pretoria - Youths have been urged to make their way to the Cape Town Train Station on Tuesday to learn about youth development programmes, job and study opportunities as well as entrepreneurship opportunities.
Pretoria - There is a need for government departments to work together to ensure an effective recycling economy that is buoyed by the thriving markets for recyclable waste, Environmental Affairs Deputy Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi said on Monday.
Pretoria - Emerging economies are the engine of world growth with the African continent optimistic about its future, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said.
Pretoria - The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has learned of the resignation of South African Airways (SAA) chief executive officer but is awaiting a formal letter of resignation, the department said on Monday.
Pretoria - Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu met with officials from the department, the Chamber of Mines, South African Mining Development Association (SAMDA) and organised labour on Monday.
Pretoria - South Africa will host the 11th BASIC Ministerial climate change meeting on Thursday and Friday in Johannesburg.
Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has called on African scholars and academics to harness scientific knowledge to tackle the continent's problems.
Pretoria - Senior managers from the Gauteng Department of Education will trade their formal attire for overalls to clean 60 schools across the province to celebrate Mandela Day.
Johannesburg - Minister in the Presidency for the National Planning Commission, Trevor Manuel, has called on South Africans to mobilise against drugs in celebration of Mandela Day.
Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma led a government delegation in a state banquet on Monday night to bid a final farewell to outgoing Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.
Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has arrived in Rome, Italy, where he is scheduled to meet that country's Prime Minister Mario Monti for bilateral talks.
Pretoria - Bafana Bafana caretaker coach Steve Komphela released five players, including skipper Steven Pienaar, from the squad to face Gabon in an international friendly at Mbombela stadium, Nelspruit on Friday.
Pretoria - The process of declaring 25 strategic roads in the province as national roads have been completed, says North West Premier Thandi Modise.
Pretoria - The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) is hosting a series of workshops with stakeholders on the revised Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Codes of Good Practice.
Carnarvon - The opportunity to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) has given South Africa and Africa as a whole a platform to prove to the world that the continent has what it takes to deliver the cutting-edge science project, says SKA Associate Director Professor Justin Jonas.
