South Africa

Durban - The Department of Social Development is to set aside R256 million in the next financial year

Pretoria - Government is committed to boosting the country's manufacturing sector and in particular th

Pretoria - Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has thanked South Africans for their assistance and cooperation following heavy snowfalls across large parts of the country this week.

Pretoria - Fifty one new health facilities have been accredited to offer anti-retrovirals (ARVs) in the North West as part of measures for preventing and treating HIV.

Pretoria - While the rand's volatility is good for some sectors of the economy, it has inflationary im

Pretoria - The inaugural Lucas Radebe Football Festival, which will cater for boys and girls under the

Pretoria - Gauteng Local Government and Housing MEC, Humphrey Mmemezi, has called for government to explore ways of protecting property belonging to councillors.

Cape Town - South Africa's economy has been projected to grow between 3.5 and 3.8 percent this year, up from -7.1 and 2.8 percent in the last two years respectively.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Housing and Local Government Department has entered into a partnership with the Banking Association of South Africa to stamp out cases involving the illegal sale of state-owned land in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg.

Pretoria - There was no evidence that Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa influenced accommodation arrangem

Pretoria - The e-tolling system on Gauteng's roads will now only commence next year.

Pretoria - Home Affairs has not received a visa application from the Dalai Lama to visit South Africa, the department said on Monday.

Cape Town - The Doha Development Round is "in intensive care" and won't be concluded this year, but a plan B to support trade to least developed countries is on the cards, the Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies announced on Monday.

Pretoria - Unemployment in the second quarter of rose to 25.7 percent compared to the first quarter's 25 percent, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said.

Pretoria- Individual taxpayers have until the end of today to submit their annual income tax returns with the deadline set for today, said the South African Revenue Service (SARS) on Friday.