Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal Premier Dr Zweli Mkhize and Public Protector Advocate Thuli Madonsela have signed a protocol agreement, setting out clear procedures and timelines on how investigations against HODs and MECs will be handled.
Pretoria - Improving the audit outcomes in municipalities is top on the South African Local Government Association’s agenda.
Pretoria - The Presidency has rejected media reports that claimed President Jacob Zuma is expected to tell his fellow regional leaders at a SADC summit in Malawi this weekend that he has accomplished his mission in Zimbabwe.
Pretoria – In line with the Basic Education Minister’s commitment to hand over a new school every week in the Eastern Cape, the sixth school will be handed over tomorrow.
Rustenburg - In an attempt to restore calm in the mining sector and reassure investors, South Africa on Wednesday launched the Mine Crime Combating Forum (MCCF).
Cape Town – The Police Department on Wednesday tabled its plans in Parliament to open a police university next year.
Pretoria - The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is calling for harsher penalties to be imposed on sea polluters in order to protect fishery living resources around the country’s seashore.
Pretoria - Bafana Bafana and Nigeria have been rocked by the withdrawal of key players ahead of the Nelson Mandela Challenge match, which will be played this evening at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban.
Pretoria – Warrant Officer Lando Jwara says he is grateful to everyone who assisted in giving three-year-old Mpho Khoakhoali a dignified funeral at the Kagiso Methodist Church on Tuesday.
Pretoria – The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has recorded over two million income tax returns by 9am this morning.
There is an old African proverb that says “when an old man dies, a library burns to the ground”. An elder was referred to as a library because he held the knowledge, history, wisdom and cultural background of the community. Elders earned their respect, they promoted respect for each other and resolved community disputes amicably.
Cape Town – The Department of Health’s Director-General, Malebona Precious Matsoso, has welcomed a Human Science Research Council (HSRC) survey which has revealed that the majority of South Africans are satisfied with how they are treated in public hospitals and clinics.
Pretoria - The Consolidated General Report on the Local Government Audit Outcomes of 2011/12 has revealed a picture of stagnation, with only nine municipalities receiving unqualified audit outcomes with no findings, the office of the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) said on Tuesday.
Pretoria – Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has invited unemployed social workers to register on a new database aimed at keeping a record of all unemployed qualified social workers in the country.
Pretoria - The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa (NPA) has noted the recent media statements on the Cato Manor case.
