Cape Town - Social dialogue between labour, government and business would help mobilise all South Africans who are in a position to make a contribution to the economy, the Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Wednesday.
Durban - President Jacob Zuma says government and the people of South Africa are fully prepared and ready to host a successful 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament.
Durban - The final draw for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), to be hosted by South Africa next year, has seen South Africa being drawn in group A with Cape Verde, Angola and Morocco.
Durban - The stage is set for the 2013 African Cup of Nations (Afcon) final draw where the 16 participating national teams will know whom they will be facing and in which city they will be based for the group stage matches.
Johannesburg - African countries need to tighten their road traffic enforcement laws or risk losing more lives in avoidable road crashes.
Polokwane - Deputy Minister of Justice Andries Nel has assured Polokwane residents that legal documents, which were damaged in a fire at the Polokwane Magistrate's Court in Limpopo, will be reconstructed and that no suspects will go free without standing trial.
Pretoria - Details on government's planned infrastructure development, South Africa's credit rating and growth forecast are some of the issues business hopes to gain clarity on when Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan tables the 2012 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) tomorrow.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), will on Saturday bestow medals on military veterans who have distinguished themselves in various capacities prior to 1994 in the quest to see the dawn of democracy in SA.
Pretoria - A total of 182 083 physical science learners are expected to sit for the three-hour Physical Science Paper 1, which will be written nationally on Thursday.
Pretoria - Communications Minister Dina Pule has thanked the outgoing members of the Telkom Board of Directors for their contribution in turning around Telkom and for their service to the country.
Mbombela - Officials from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) will from Friday be touring Mpumalanga to explain the Madiba banknotes series to the public.
Pretoria - The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to 5.5% in September, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Wednesday.
Pretoria - The ability for mobile technology to solve major social problems in Africa is unprecedented, says Communication Minister Dina Pule.
Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Minister Dr Blade Nzimande has warned that the graduate output targets in the human health scarce skills field will not be met by 2014 with the current rate of medical professionals produced by training institutions.
Cape Town - Kenya's Minister of Gender, Children and Social Development Naomi Shaban has praised South Africa's success in tackling HIV and bringing down its mother-to-child infection rate.
