South Africa

Pretoria - Cabinet’s fortnightly meeting discussed at length the 2014-2019 Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF), which has been approved, Communications Minister Faith Muthambi said on Thursday.

Pretoria – Cabinet has approved the transition of the Section 100 (1) (b) intervention in Limpopo to a Section 100 (1) (a) intervention, says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi.

Pretoria - South Africa’s oceans have the potential to create between 800 000 and one million direct jobs, which will be realised through Operation Phakisa.

Pretoria – Cabinet has thanked South Africans and the world for participating in this year’s Nelson Mandela Day, on 18 July.

Pretoria - Cabinet has welcomed the agreement to launch the New Development Bank (NDB) at the recent sixth BRICS Summit in Brazil.

Pretoria - The successful completion and full operation of Gautrain bears testimony to the capacity of government to deliver on large-scale public transport projects.

Pretoria - Representatives of cooperatives from across the country have asked Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini to improve their support services to help co-ops become more productive and create jobs.

Pretoria – Regional leaders will trash out matters pertaining to politics, defence and security when they gather at the SADC Ministerial Committee of the Organ (MCO) meeting in Swakopmund, Namibia.

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma says plans to revitalise the public service are currently being rolled out in all departments.

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma said working groups will be formed to ensure that a clear path to address socio-economic challenges is drafted and institutionalised over the next five years.

Pretoria - Government has urged South Africans to rally behind Team SA, who is representing the country at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, in the Scottish city of Glasgow.

Pretoria – Limpopo Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Fannie Masemola, says police have arrested a 24-year-old student at the University of Venda whom they believe is the Thohoyandou serial killer.

Pretoria - Public members are invited to the memorial service of Taegrin Morris, who died during a hijacking incident over the weekend.

Johannesburg – Care for cancer patients at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) is set to improve, thanks to an upgraded oncology pharmacy worth R1.5 million. The pharmacy was launched today.

Pretoria – In just four months, since the Health Department launched a new contraceptive device, 362 000 women have benefited, exceeding the annual target of 320 000.