Pretoria - The Department of Higher Education and Training has welcomed the decision by the unions at Walter Sisulu University (WSU) to end the strike that has resulted in university residences being closed and students sent home.
Johannesburg – The excuse that there are no women who are skilled and talented out there is not true, says Minister of Public Enterprises, Malusi Gigaba.
Randfontein – The Gauteng Health Department has awarded certificates to 270 professional nurses, who have successfully completed their training on Nurse Initiated Management of Antiretroviral Therapy (NIMART).
Pretoria – Learners at Qaka Primary School -- just outside Mthatha in the Eastern Cape -- have started a new chapter in their school careers, as they now have something to look forward to every day when they go to school.
Pretoria – The Managing Director: Wholesale and Networks at Telkom, Bashier Sallie, has resigned.
Fifty years ago Dr Martin Luther King Jrn delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. In it he envisioned a new country where people would "not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character". Thousands of people from across the globe last week marked the 50th anniversary of the speech delivered on 28 August 1963.
Pretoria - The North West Provincial Government is in the process of finalising a provincial liquor policy which it will use to inform a Provincial Liquor Bill aligned to the National Liquor Act 59 of 2003.
Pretoria - The government of South Africa has undertaken to bring about renewed hope and ease the human suffering in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by donating R3 million.
Pretoria - Acting President Jeff Radebe has expressed shock and sadness following the death of 27 people in a fatal collision in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, on Thursday evening.
Pretoria – As the country gears up to celebrate the centenary of the most iconic building in the capital city of Pretoria, Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile says changes will be made at the Union Buildings to reflect the democratic South Africa.
Saint Petersburg – G20 leaders meeting here last night called a working dinner to discuss the escalating political situation in Syria.
Johannesburg – Parliamentarians from Commonwealth states must fight to eradicate poverty, inequality and unemployment to bring development to all its citizens.
Mahikeng - The North West provincial government has committed to deliver all textbooks and study materials for the 2014 academic year before the end of November this year.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Collins Chabane, to attend to the challenges at Walter Sisulu University (WSU) in the Eastern Cape.
Pretoria – Cabinet has approved the publication of a bill that will pave the way for the Khoi-San people to be recognised.
