Pretoria - South Africa's Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Elizabeth Thabethe is in Czech Republic to co-chair the second session of the Czech - South Africa Joint Committee for Economic Cooperation.
Pretoria - South African women, whose work in the scientific field has helped change their communities, were recently acknowledged when the Department of Science and Technology (DST) Minister Naledi Pandor presented them with certificates and awards replete with prize money of up to R170 000.
Pretoria - South Africa will be sending a delegation to Brussels to discuss the impact on South Africa caused by the European Union-led sanctions on Iran crude oil exports.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has expressed his gratitude to South Africans for observing with dignity and respect, the week of mourning for the 44 people who died in Marikana and others who died violently.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has raised concerns about what he described as the "undemocratic and unrepresentative" nature of the UN Security Council, saying this would lead to the council's decisions being under attack for lack of legitimacy.
Pretoria - Measures put in place by government to grow the economy are bearing fruit, with South Africa being regarded as a desirable trade nation, says Deputy Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Elizabeth Thabethe.
Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Education has opened a case against the principal of Westridge High School for authorising a trip using the school funds.
Pretoria - The Department of Labour is set to take its road show on Employment Equity (EE) and the Revised Code of Good Practice on HIV/Aids to the Northern Cape and Limpopo tomorrow.
Pretoria - Women were more likely to have less access to basic services, to earn the lowest wages or not find employment or promotions and were likely to be less treated seriously when going to law enforcement agencies or the courts for redress.
Polokwane - Poor Limpopo communities will from today get easy access to health care when the Phelophepa health train rolls in.
Pretoria - The Census 2011 results show that great strides have been made in improving the lives of many South Africans, says President Jacob Zuma, while receiving the results in Pretoria on Tuesday.
Pretoria - South Africa's population has swelled from 40.5 million in 1996 to 51.7 million in 2011, results of Census 2011 have shown.
In the previous Census conducted in 2001, South Africa's population stood at 44.8 million.
Pretoria - In a country where much is made of the lack of service delivery, a surprising element of the Census 2011 results is the story it tells about service delivery in the past decade.
Pretoria - Although lower than the previous census, the undercount in Census 2011 at 14.6% is of concern.
Pretoria - South Africans' access to piped water, proper sanitation and electricity has improved over the past 15 years.
