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North West honours golden citizen

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Pretoria - North West MEC for Social Development, Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Collen Maine, will on Tuesday take service delivery to the eldest grandmother in Matlosana Municipality.

SARS customs seizes drugs worth R60m

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Pretoria – Seven people - including those who work at the SA Revenue Service (SARS) - were slapped with jail and suspended sentences for fraud in the month of July, SARS said in a statement on Monday.

158 killed in KZN crashes in July

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Pietermaritzburg – The province of KwaZulu-Natal has lost 158 lives in separate road accidents in July 2013, the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Willies Mchunu, said today.

Criticism of police may be fuelling police murders – Phiyega

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Cape Town – South Africans should ask themselves whether the constant and undeserved criticism of police was not a contributing factor to the country’s high number of police murders, National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega said today.

Clean bill of health for RTMC

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Pretoria - The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has received clean audit reports for two years in a row, acting RTMC chief executive Collins Letsoalo said on Monday.

Intervention speeds up low-cost housing delivery

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Pretoria – An intervention by Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza that has led to 6 000 RDP houses being built in a short space of 100 days shows that quick delivery is possible, his spokesperson said on Monday.

Zuma sends condolences to Hlahla family

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Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has sent condolences to the family of the late Pretoria News Journalist, Patrick Hlahla, who passed away yesterday morning.

Tsvangirai rejects Zim election results

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Pretoria – Leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) - Morgan Tsvangirai - says his party will exhaust all legal remedies to challenge the results of the July 31 elections, as his long-time rival President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF bagged a landslide victory.

Presidency corrects misleading report

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Pretoria - The Presidency says it has noted the misleading story in the City Press, purportedly on who President Jacob Zuma listens to.

SA women make their mark on world stage

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Pretoria - Government’s progressive laws and policies are attracting the international community to choose South African women to take up strategic positions on the African continent and on the world stage.

Sanral clarifies e-toll payments

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Pretoria - Only a fraction of road users of the Gauteng Road Improvement Project (GFIP) will pay the maximum monthly cost of using the road, which is capped at R450 for those who have registered for e-tags.

Gauteng to relive 1956 women’s march

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Pretoria - Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane will lead thousands of women in a 3.5km walk from Tshwane City Hall to the Union Buildings on Friday, August 9 in honour of the women who marched in protest against pass laws in 1956.