Pretoria - Justice Minister Jeff Radebe and Cabinet Secretary Cassius Lubisi have met with Public Protector Thuli Madonsela over her findings on the controversial police headquarters lease agreement, it was confirmed on Thursday.
As a white lawyer in an apartheid South Africa, veteran Constitutional Court Judge and author Albie Sachs knew that to fight and defeat the oppressive system, he had to take advantage of his skin colour, writes Chris Bathembu.
Parliament - Through the "ID Yourself Now Campaign," the Department of Home Affairs has provided 100 000 teenagers across the country with Identity Documents (IDs).
Pretoria - The Department of Labour is to embark on an awareness campaign to help assist employers with their annual Employment Equity (EE) reports.
Pretoria - The Free State's unemployed youth with a tertiary qualification will now be given a chance to gain practical skills in various fields.
Kriel – Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has marked National Water Week by unveiling the Komati Water Scheme Augmentation Project (KWSAP), which has been designed to resolve the water supply problems to Eskom's Duvha and Matla power stations in Mpumalanga.
Pretoria - The Department of International Relations and Cooperation says there has been a “strategic breakthrough” in the case of Professor Cyril Karabus.
Durban - To fight substance abuse, there must be harmonisation of all laws and policies that govern alcohol across South Africa - laws that deal with production, sales, distribution, marketing, consumption and taxation should become applicable across all provinces and municipalities.
Cape Town - Minister in the Presidency for Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation Collins Chabane rejected any insinuations that corruption threatened to turn South Africa into a "dysfunctional state."
Pretoria - The Department of Transport has dismissed an email stating that a 21-day grace period which applies to the renewal of motor vehicle licenses has been done away with.
Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education has appointed a technical team comprising senior officials under the leadership of the director-general, to develop a problem analysis and draft an intervention plan for the Eastern Cape.
Pretoria - The Department of Defence has called for stronger partnerships in the sector in order to build a competitive, world class South African defence industry.
Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma said that South Africa's recent invite to join the economic grouping comprising Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICS) has augured well for the country.
Polokwane - The Limpopo Department of Local Government and Housing has launched a housing database in an attempt to turnaround the backlog of housing delivery in the province
Pretoria - While appropriate social security provisioning plays a critical role in addressing the basic needs of the poor, it is only meant to be a temporary measure.
