Pretoria - The country’s 22 263 voting stations will open on schedule at 7am on Wednesday in anticipation of 25.39 million voters, who have registered to vote, says IEC Chairperson Advocate Pansy Tlakula.
Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs will open all its offices across the country on Wednesday, 7 May, in line with the voting hours declared by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
Pretoria – Treasury has on Monday published for public comment a discussion paper regarding the taxation of alcoholic beverages in the country.
Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has welcomed the arrest of a man and a woman in connection with the assault of a non-striking mineworker in Mfidikwe near Rustenburg.
Pretoria - As South Africans head to the polls to vote in the fifth democratic elections, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) has expressed its best wishes to both political parties and voters.
Pretoria - South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to 25.2% in the first quarter of 2014, up from the 24.1% in the fourth quarter of 2013, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Monday.
Pretoria – Over 15 000 learners, who sat for the National Senior Certificate (NSC) supplementary exams, have passed matric.
Pretoria – KwaZulu-Natal is forging ahead with plans to build a cultural precinct, which will serve as a living museum of the Zulu nation.
Pretoria - The Minister of Labour Mildred Oliphant has appealed to employers to respect the rights of their employees not to work on Election Day so that they may have a chance to exercise their right to vote.
Johannesburg - With the 2014 general election drawing nearer, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) chairperson has assured that her team will deliver professionally run elections.
Pretoria - The Board of the Turquoise Harmony Institute has awarded this year’s prestigious Ubuntu Media Award to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s Ubuntu Radio.
King William’s Town – More than 10 000 police will be deployed throughout the Eastern Cape to ensure that the election process takes place peacefully, says the provincial SAPS.
Pretoria - Government has reiterated its call to all South Africans to participate in the 2014 elections on Wednesday, May 7.
Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has appealed to voters to respect the privacy and secrecy of their vote by refraining from taking pictures in the ballot booth and of their marked ballot papers in this week’s election.
Pretoria - With only two days to go before South Africans take to the polls, the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) says law enforcement agencies have to date arrested 63 people in 84 reported cases that contravene various sections of the Electoral Act.
