Pretoria - The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) says it is in discussions with the Department of Higher Education and Training to make additional funding available urgently to help the scheme support students who still have outstanding fees.
Pretoria - The National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega will today visit Relela Village, just outside Tzaneen, to speak to the community after a public protest left several people dead.
Cape Town – Government will have to seek the consent of owners of private infrastructure projects before these can be incorporated in the State’s Strategic Infrastructure Projects (SIPs), the Minister of Economic Development Ebrahim Patel said today.
Pretoria – North West Premier Thandi Modise says she has noted the grievances directed towards government by the family of the 58-year-old woman who died queuing for water in Borolelo near Swartruggens.
Johannesburg – Keeping track of homework tasks for Grade 11 and 12 students at Alexandra High School, north of Johannesburg, will no longer be a logistical hassle.
Rustenburg – Teaching and learning at Keledi Middle School in Phokeng, outside Rustenburg, will become more exciting with the donation of 26 laptops to the school.
Pretoria - The Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, on Tuesday joined a roundtable discussion on the Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) Bill.
Pretoria - The City of Johannesburg says it is working hard to put in place strategies that will help the city adapt to climate change.
Pretoria – The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government has donated computers to a rural school near Pietermaritzburg.
Pretoria - Government has reiterated its commitment to deal with water related issues, with interventions already in place to address this.
Pretoria - The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is currently in possession of an amount of more than R3 million of unclaimed child maintenance monies countrywide.
Pretoria – The North West Provincial Disability Rights Conference is expected to develop a clear plan that will enable the province to accelerate the revised Job-Access Plan targeting employment for people with disabilities.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated Ladysmith Black Mambazo on their fourth Grammy Award win.
Pretoria – The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) remains upbeat that a solution to end the strike in the platinum sector can be found.
One of the first things that President Jacob Zuma did when he assumed office in 2009, was to split the then Department into two ministries - the Department of Basic Education and the Department of Higher Education and Training.
