South Africa

Pretoria - Employment in the formal non-agricultural business sector decreased between the end of March to the end of June 2009, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Retail trade sales for January came in lower than expected at 1.9% year-on-year.

Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Economic Development Qedani Mahlangu on Wednesday addressed issues of delayed projects in the province, saying that progress has been made on various initiatives.

Taung - The North West Cultural Calabash festival has a star-studded line-up this year that is expected to attract thousands of people.

Pretoria – The Department of Correctional Services on Wednesday clarified media reports on the R2 billion the department spent on consultants.

Johannesburg - Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele says no country can claim to be developed unless all people, including those in the rural areas, are able to access transport with the least inconvenience.

Pretoria - South Africans across the country will celebrate their rich and diverse culture on national Heritage Day, on Thursday.

Pretoria - The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has condemned the unwarranted violence and destruction of property by certain residents of Simile Township in the Thaba Chweu Municipality.

Cape Town - Government says it is working towards consolidating its partnership with business to reverse the high rate of business robberies.

Pretoria - The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) on Tuesday met with representatives of the Azanian People’s Liberation Army Military Veterans Associations (APLAMVA) to improve working relations.

Fellow Ministers in the JCPS Cluster`1`
Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee
Provincial MECs present
National Commissioner BH Cele
Deputy National Commissioners
Divisional Commissioners
Provincial Commissioners
Members of the media both local and International
Ladies and gentlemen
Fellow South Africans,

Cape Town - Crime statistics released on Tuesday indicate that murder and attempted murder have continued on its steady downward trend over the last year.

Cape Town – More than 5 000 people with disabilities, representing 0.38 percent of the total workforce, are being employed by government, a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee heard on Wednesday.

Cape Town - While encouraged by notable decreases in five of seven contact crimes, government remains concerned with the increase in robbery with aggravated circumstances, sexual offences, stock theft and commercial crime.

Pretoria - The Hawks in Limpopo have arrested a Zimbabwean couple for running a bogus nursing college in Tzaneen.