Pretoria - Nearly one million tourists visited South Africa in December 2013, with most of the tourists coming from the SADC region, said Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Tuesday.
Thaba Nchu – Winds of change are blowing over the country’s rural landscape, with the National Rural Youth Service Corp (Narysec) set to change the development path of these areas by fighting unemployment.
Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission is finalising candidate lists following the conclusion of the objection and appeal process, in which only a single objection was upheld by the IEC.
Pretoria - Denel’s latest products in the land defence arena and missile technology are on display at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) Exhibition, which is underway in Malaysia.
Pretoria - The R60 million electricity distribution substation in the North West is set to be completed by the end of May.
Thaba Nchu - A graduate of the National Rural Youth Corps (Narysec), Colbert Mabasa, 29, has hailed the programme as a skills development hub, which creates invaluable job opportunities for the youth.
Port Elizabeth – As residents of New Brighton in Port Elizabeth started making their way to a local community hall, where President Jacob Zuma is due to address them later this morning, the focus has shifted to the Eastern Cape as one of the important provinces to South Africa’s economic growth.
Pretoria – North West Premier Thandi Modise has condemned the stoning of cars near Rooigrond informal settlement on the Mahikeng-Lichtenburg road on Monday evening.
The building of a more inclusive economy is not an easy task and is far from being achieved. Equally so, the task of building a non-racial, non-sexist and prosperous South Africa requires a deliberate effort that results in all benefiting from the wealth of the country. The economy is now stretched to benefit all.
Pretoria - The Department of Energy will this month start the process of procuring 800 megawatts of cogeneration, while it will procure 2 500 megawatts of coal generation in May.
Pretoria - The South African government has sent its condolences to Nigeria following a bomb blast in that country’s capital Abuja, which left over 70 people dead.
Pretoria – Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will on Wednesday unpack the Defence Review in a conversation with members of the media in association with the Johannesburg Press Club and Wits Business School.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will today conduct a service delivery assessment visit in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, as part of the Siyahlola Presidential Monitoring Programme.
Skukuza - South African National Parks (SANParks) authorities say gains are being made in the war against rhino poaching, with eight suspected poachers arrested in the past week.
Pretoria - South Africa and Guinea are set to deepen the long-standing bilateral relations between the two countries.
