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No Open Road Tolling planned for Cape Town

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Pretoria - The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has dismissed allegations that it will implement the same Open Road Tolling system in Cape Town as it has in Gauteng.

16 small claims court set up since April last year

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Cape Town – Sixteen new small claims courts have been set up since April last year, bringing the total number of such courts rolled out since April 2010 to 67, said the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Jeff Radebe.

Boost for girls in science

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Pretoria - Deputy Trade and Industry (dti) Minister Elizabeth Thabethe will host a techno-girl entrepreneurship workshop aimed at inspiring young girls to take advantage of opportunities that exist in science and technology.

Calls for 2013 WISA nominations

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Pretoria - The Department of Science and Technology is inviting nominations for the 2013 South African Women in Science Awards (WISA).

dti to launch mobile technology maize milling plant

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Pretoria - The establishment of a commercially viable small-scale maize milling sector will come to the fore when the Department of Trade and Industry’s Director General, Lionel October, and the Buhler Group launches a mobile technology maize milling plant on Friday.

Special funeral for E Cape king

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has decided, on request of the Eastern Cape Provincial Government, to declare a Special Provincial Official Funeral for King Justice Mpondombini Sigcau.

SA urged to honour heroes

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says South Africa needs to honour its sons and daughters who helped the country attain freedom and democracy.

Labour probes Kempton Park factory explosion

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Pretoria - Inspectors of the provincial Department of Labour in Gauteng are investigating the explosion at Kempton Park’s Oricol factory, which left five people injured, one of them with critical injuries.

Tributes to Chris Hani

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Johannesburg – As Chris Hani’s killer battles to get out of prison, hundreds of people gathered in Johannesburg today to mark the 20th commemoration of the late Communist Party leader’s death.

Agri dept working on bird flu in W-Cape

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Pretoria – The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries says it is working with farmers in the Western Cape and the provincial department to contain the spread of a newly detected strain of bird flu.

President Zuma leads Freedom Month celebrations

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appealed to South Africans to use Freedom Month to unite the nation towards building a society that is caring, dignified and has a sense of humility and mutual respect for one another.