Johannesburg – Overcrowding on Metrorail trains and train cancellations, which always leave commuters stranded in Gauteng, will be a thing of the past, thanks to the newly revamped 10M5 commuter trains.
Pretoria – Cabinet has approved the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill, which proposes the deadline for all land claims to be extended to 2018.
Pretoria - South Africa says it supports the destruction of cluster munitions stocks in compliance with the Convention of Cluster Munitions.
Cabinet welcomes the launch of the Public Service Charter and commends public service unions and the State as the employer on the commitments made through this Charter.
Pretoria - As collective wage negotiations get underway, Cabinet has called on strikers to refrain from violence.
Pretoria – Previously black-listed consumers have been given a new lease on life.
Pretoria - With September being both Heritage and Tourism Month, Cabinet has encouraged South Africans to visit heritage sites to reflect on the journey the country has travelled since 1994.
Pretoria - Cabinet has encouraged parents and guardians to support their children in preparation for the upcoming Annual National Assessments (ANA).
Pretoria – Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant says it is crucial for labour negotiators to talk in good faith and to find one another as swiftly as possible, so that the country’s economy does not suffer unnecessarily due to the lack of productivity arising from labour strife.
Mbombela - Aspiring entrepreneurs interested in the tourism industry have been invited to participate in a business awareness campaign to be held in Mpumalanga later this month.
Pretoria - The Department of Science and Technology, in partnership with BMW South Africa, has donated a BMW 3 series educational display vehicle to the University of Zululand’s Science Centre in Richards Bay.
Pretoria – The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has bid farewell to 30 students who have been awarded scholarships to the tune of R14 million to study Masters and PhD programmes in Maritime at the World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö, Sweden.
Pretoria - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has declared three indigenous trees “champion trees”.
Pretoria – Government has welcomed the sentence handed down in the Mthatha High Court to Bulelani Mabhayi for crimes committed between 2007 and 2012.
Johannesburg – Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane says the tourism industry is the new gold, and that her province is increasing its investment in the booming sector.
