Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize says while the department has policies in place, there is a need to put more emphasis on skills development and the creation of academic and work opportunities for young people.
Pretoria - The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) is expected to visit the provinces this week to assess the progress being made by municipalities in achieving clean audit outcomes by 2014.
Pretoria - The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has urged motorists to get e-tags to avoid paying a higher rate for using the provincial toll roads.
Pretoria - In all the villages where the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) is currently being implemented, a sense of vibrancy is evident.
Cape Town - A research co-operation initiative between Germany and South Africa can help South Africa develop more local innovations, the Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor said on Monday.
Pretoria - The Board of Inquiry investigating allegations of misconduct against suspended National Police Commissioner General Bheki Cele is currently completing the process on the report of its findings.
Pretoria - The delay in the implementation of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), was "unhelpful", Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Friday.
Pretoria - Cabinet has wished Team SA well and calls on all South Africans to support the country's Olympians at the upcoming 2012 London Olympic Games.
Pretoria - Residents in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, are still prohibited from using tap water.
Pretoria - Limpopo's finances are under control and the province's cash position has improved, says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
Cape Town - A total of 72 tractors have so far been delivered free to black farmers as part of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Tina Joemat-Pettersson's plan to donate 502 tractors to seven provinces.
Pretoria - A draft Bill regarding alcohol advertising in the country is being considered by the Department of Health.
Johannesburg - As directors of the World Bank are set to meet later today to make a decision on who the body's next president will be, doubt in the transparency of the process has emerged.
Pretoria - Banyana Banyana have reached the final of the 2012 CAF African Women Championship following their 1-0 win over the number one ranked Nigeria in a thrilling semi-final played at Bata Stadium in Equatorial Guinea on Wednesday.
Pretoria - Newly appointed World Bank president Dr Jim Yong Kim will seek a new alignment of the World Bank group with a rapidly changing world.
