South Africa

Pretoria - The initiative by Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga to introduce changes to the National Curriculum Statement (NCS) has been commended by Cabinet.

Cabinet held its ordinary meeting in Cape Town yesterday, 4 November 2009.

Pretoria - National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele has roped in church leaders in the fight against crime as the government steps up its war against criminals.

Pretoria - Child pornography is increasing at an alarming rate in South Africa, according to Deputy Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba.

Pretoria - South Africa's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figure at market prices for the fourth quarter of 2008 has contracted by 1.8 percent quarter-on-quarter (q/q) from 0.2 percent growth in the third quarter, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced on Tuesday.

South Africa is today recognized and highly respected as a peace broker by the international community, especially in Africa where countries have been plagued by instability and war, writes Edwin Tshivhidzo.

Pretoria - South Africa and Swaziland are to strengthen legal ties through the singing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two countries.

Pretoria - South Africa will join other leading nations in calling for a comprehensive, ambitious and fair international climate change deal to be clinched at the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Pretoria - The newly appointed KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga Police Commissioners have pledged to intensify crime fighting strategies and to leave no stone unturned in the war against crime.

Pretoria - The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) has granted power parastatal Eskom an 8% tariff increase over the course of the next five years of the Multi-Year Price Determination period 2013/14 to 2017/18 (MYPD3).

Pretoria - National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele has taken a jab at media around the so-called "shoot-to-kill" statement.

Cape Town - Government has sent a clear signal to all that it will focus more of its efforts on improving service delivery and creating jobs, while cutting down on wasteful expenditure as the world still reels from the effects of the global financial crisis.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has praised the spirit of forgiveness in the father of the nation - Nelson Mandela - saying it has touched millions of people worldwide.

Pretoria - The Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Rosemary, received a warm reception when she visited Potter's House, a centre for abused and destitute women in Pretoria on Thursday.

Pretoria - The four illegal medical waste dumping sites in and around Welkom have been cleared and rehabilitated, according to the National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report (NECER) 2010/11 released on Thursday.