Pretoria – Small-scale fisheries of the West Coast region are poised for economic revitalisation, with the Department of Trade and Industry’s support of more than R11million in the sector for the region through its Fishing Cluster Project.
Pretoria - South Africans achieved a massive 629MW average reduction on their electricity usage during this year’s Earth Hour on Saturday, said Eskom.
Pretoria - South Africa beat the Central African Republic (CAR) 2-0 in vital match at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday night.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will receive the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping and the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, on Tuesday, said the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco).
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is to hold a media briefing on Monday ahead of the upcoming fifth Brics Summit in Durban.
Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has expressed shock at the death of well-known dog breeder, Eric Labuschane, whose body was found a week after his murder.
Pretoria - Retired specialist paediatric oncologist, Professor Cyril Karabus, has thanked his family, government and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, among others, for their role in his case, where he was recently absolved of wrongdoing in the death of a three-year-old.
Pretoria - The Supreme Court of Appeal’s decision to set aside the murder convictions and sentence of taxi driver, Jacob Humphreys, is disappointing, says Western Cape Transport and Public Works MEC, Robin Carlisle.
Johannesburg - The Gauteng Department of Health has confirmed four more cases of meningitis and restated that only one person has died from the disease in the province.
Pretoria - President Kgalema Motlanthe has assured the National House of Traditional Leaders that government, under a new administration, will remain committed to strengthening the House and its institutions.
Durban - South African writer Mandla Langa has scooped the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book Award in the Africa Region 2009 for "The Lost Colours of the Chameleon".
Johannesburg - Education Minister Naledi Pandor visited the University of Witwatersrand on Thursday to check on whether the investments made by the department for infrastructure development were being properly utilised.
Skukuza - The Kruger National Park will ban visitors from using any alcohol in public areas as of next week.
Pretoria - The City of Tshwane is slowly restoring its bus service after it was interrupted last week by the striking employees.
Cape Town - Government might consider banning alcohol adverts in its concerted effort to fight the serious problems associated with substance abuse facing the country.
