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Minister engages municipalities on debt owed to Eskom

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Pretoria - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Des van Rooyen visited Mpumalanga on Thursday where he engaged the provincial leadership on their debt owed to power utility Eskom.

Degree fraudsters to face the music

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Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande says serious action will be taken against those who have fake qualification certificates.

President Zuma calls for calm

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has strongly condemned acts of violence between South African citizens and non-nationals.

Metro FM awards set to dazzle

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Pretoria – The 16th Metro FM Music Awards (MMA16) promises to be nothing short of spectacular with a dazzling world-class live broadcast.

Tax system must be "redistributive"

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Cape Town - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says the South African tax system has to be redistributive if the country is to usher in radical socio-economic transformation.

Embrace humanity, urges Minister Gigaba

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Pretoria – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has reiterated the call for all sectors of South African society to act humanely and in a lawful manner as the country deals with renewed incidents of violence directed at foreign nationals.

NSC supplementary exams underway

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Pretoria – The Department of Basic Education says the first day of National Senior Certificate (NSC) 2017 supplementary examinations proceeded smoothly without any glitches.

North West on high alert amid heavy rains

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Pretoria - The North West Provincial Disaster Management Centre is on high alert as the province and the rest of the country experience continuous heavy rains.

How to stay safe during heavy rains

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Pretoria – While the recent rains have brought much relief and substantially increased dam levels, flooding has caused havoc in parts of the country.

SALGA welcomes 2017/18 budget

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Pretoria - The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has welcomed the Budget proposals for the 2017/18 fiscal year as presented by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.

Heads to roll over unissued TVET certificates

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Pretoria - The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training has called for disciplinary measures against the officials responsible for delays in issuing certificates to students who have graduated from Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges.

Ministers welcome inclusive budget

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Cape Town – Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel says the 2017 Budget, tabled by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday, is focussed on providing opportunities for those that are not part of the mainstream economy.