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MEC to set aside R88.8m construction tender

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Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Infrastructure Development Nandi Mayathula-Khoza will take action to set aside an R88.8-million tender, which was awarded to a construction company through a flawed appointment process.

Maintenance work completed on major water pipeline

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Pretoria – The Department of Water and Sanitation says it has successfully completed the planned outage of the raw water bulk pipeline between Jericho pump station and Kriel power station.

Six more suspected rhino poachers arrested

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Pretoria – The South African National Parks (SANParks) on Thursday announced the arrest of six suspected poachers and the fatal wounding of two others in two separate operations.

Global economy discussed at SA-US meeting

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Pretoria - The state of the global economy and the development of trade and investment linkages between the United States and South Africa formed part of discussions between Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene and US Secretary of Treasury Jacob J.Lew.

Free transport to funerals of sport icons

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Pretoria - The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) is providing free transport to mourners, who wish to attend the funeral services and burial of the fallen sporting heroes, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, Senzo Meyiwa and Phindile Mwelase.

Hall of Fame for SA athletes

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Johannesburg - For the first time in South Africa, there will be a national sporting Hall of Fame which will house and display the memorabilia of all South African sport heroes including Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, Senzo Meyiwa and Phindile Mwelase.

Nutritious meals change lives

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Johannesburg - Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has urged service providers, who are supposed to prepare nutritious meals for learners at schools, to do their work properly for the sake of health and nutrition.

NYDA welcomes housing restriction

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Pretoria - The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has welcomed the age restriction set by the Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu for access to free public housing.

Memorial service for late sports stars underway

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Johannesburg - The Standard Bank Arena in Johannesburg is this afternoon reverberating with vuvuzela’s and songs praising the three late sporting heroes, Senzo Meyiwa, Phindile Mwelase and Mbulaeni Mulaudzi.

Unemployment decreases slightly

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Pretoria - South Africa’s unemployment rate decreased slightly from 25.5% in the second quarter to 25.4% in the third quarter.

Government notes downgrade

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Pretoria – Government says it has taken note of the decision by Japanese based credit rating agency Ratings and Investment Information Inc (R&I) to downgrade South Africa’s foreign and domestic currency ratings to “BBB+” and “A-” respectively.

KZN man was not admitted for Ebola: NICD

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Pretoria - The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has confirmed that a KwaZulu-Natal man was not admitted or tested at Addington hospital for Ebola as stated in some news reports.

Your government needs you

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Words cannot describe the anger and pain I felt when I heard about the death of Senzo Meyiwa. His death at the hands of callous murderers has robbed his family of a humble father and our nation of a rising sports star.