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Cooperative Governance DG's contract extended

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Pretoria - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin Gordhan says the contract of Director-General Vusi Madonsela has been extended for another five years.

Jhb-New York non-stop service resumes

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Pretoria - South African Airways (SAA) has resumed non-stop service on its daily flight from Johannesburg to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.

R600m boost for tourism industry

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Pretoria – About R600 million will be invested in the Tourism Incentive Programme during this medium term expenditure framework (MTEF) to support tourism enterprises, Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom said on Tuesday.

KZN to spend R12bn on infrastructure projects

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Pretoria – The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government has allocated R12.060 billion to spend on various infrastructure projects in the province during 2015/16 financial year.

G77 urges more action to achieve gender equality

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Pretoria - The Group of 77 and China have called for renewed efforts to tackle the problems that persist since the 1995 adoption of the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action on gender equality and women's empowerment.

Eastern Cape learners to debate SOPA

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Pretoria – The Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature will this Saturday host 35 learners from all districts in the province and two metro municipalities to debate the State of the Province Address (SOPA) delivered by Premier Phumulo Masualle recently.

Deadline looms for inputs on rhino horn trade

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Pretoria – The Department of Environmental Affairs has reminded interested parties, who want to make inputs to the Committee of Inquiry investigating the feasibility of rhino horn trade, that the deadline is 13 March.

Nominations open for planning commission

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Pretoria - The Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and chairperson of the National Planning Commission, Jeff Radebe, has called for nominations of individuals to serve on the National Planning Commission.

Control system in STBs to protect manufacturing sector

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Cape Town – Cabinet’s decision to include a control system in set top boxes (STBs) in the implementation of digital migration will not control how broadcasters manage their content, the Department of Communications said on Tuesday.

Tributes pour in for Cape pilot

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Pretoria - Public Works Deputy Minister Jeremy Cronin has joined South Africans in sending condolences to the family of pilot Willem Hendrik “Bees” Marais, who died in a helicopter crash while dousing fires at Cape Point Nature Reserve.

Women need a louder voice

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This past Sunday we celebrated the International Women’s Day (IWD), which this year happened to take place at the same time as our country marked the 60th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter.

Power system to remain constrained: Eskom

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Pretoria - South Africa’s power system will remain extremely constrained for this week with an extra load or fault leading to load-shedding, said Eskom.

Lesotho's new Parliament to sit for first time

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Maseru - Lesotho's King Letsie III has summoned the newly elected Parliament to a special meeting on Tuesday which will signal the start of processes to install the new government following the country's elections held on 28 February.