Pretoria – Brand South Africa has welcomed all soccer players and football fans to South Africa ahead of the 2014 Orange African Nations Championship (CHAN) scheduled from 11 January to 1 February 2014.
North West Premier Thandi Modise says bursaries worth R61 million will be given to the province's top matrics.
By Thabisile Khoza
Pretoria - Women, Children and People with Disabilities Minister Lulu Xingwana has welcomed the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NPA) announcement to call for a maximum sentence against the accused in the brutal murder case of 4-year-old Jasmin Pretorius.
Hazyview - Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza has congratulated the provincial Education Department for improving the matric pass rate from 70% in 2012 to 77.6% in 2013.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Thursday hand over land to the N'wandlamhlarhi Community Property Association made up of communities who claimed land from Mala Mala game reserve in Mpumalanga province.
Cape Town – Top jazz guitarist Jimmy Dludlu and house music trio Mi Casa are among a number of artists set to perform at the opening ceremony of the third Africa Nations Championship on Saturday, in what singer and musical director Sibongile Khumalo has promised will be better than the opening ceremony of Afcon 2013.
Phalaborwa - The Department of Water and Environmental Affairs (DWEA) has laid criminal charges against the owners of a tailing dam that overflowed and caused extensive pollution of the Selati and Olifants rivers in Limpopo.
The SA National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has clarified confusions over e-tolls bills that were sent to unregistered road users a month after the system was introduced.
Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) have announced their collaboration to register South Africans living outside of the country as voters for the very first time.
Mahikeng - North West youths have until Friday to apply for 71 bursaries worth about R21 million to study skills that are scarce in the province.
Johannesburg - Brand South Africa has congratulated the Class of 2013 on their improved results and welcomed this as a positive contribution to the long terms development of South Africa.
Johannesburg – Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says her department is burning the midnight oil to improve the quality of the education system.
Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand, Professor Adam Habib, have announced a R1 million scholarship programme to benefit poor students.
Pretoria - The stage is set as 16 teams continue to arrive for the final battle to lift the coveted trophy of the Orange African Nations Championship South Africa 2014, set to begin from 11 January till 1 February 2014.
