South Africa

Pretoria - The 2011 recreational fishing season for West Coast rock lobster (WCRL) will open next Wednesday.

Pretoria - South Africa is committed to the eradication of gender-based violence and the protection of all human rights, International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim said.

Pretoria - As South Africans commemorate Reconciliation Day, President Jacob Zuma says the country has a long way to go in addressing racism and xenophobia as well as other social ills.

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana Mashabane has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).

Amphitheatre, Freedom Park, Salvokop, Tshwane

Programme Director,
Minister of Arts and Culture, Ms Lulama Xingwana
Former Vice-President of Nigeria, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar,
Premier of Gauteng, Ms Nomvula Mokonyane
Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Dr Gwen Ramakgopa,
The CEO of the Freedom Park Trust, Dr Wally Serote,
South African Military Veterans Association and all esteemed veterans,
Religious and traditional leaders,
Fellow South Africans,

JOINT SITTING OF PARLIAMENT, CAPE TOWN

11 FEBRUARY 2010

Johannesburg - A Green Goal 2010 programme has been launched ahead of the World Cup spectacle to ensure that the event is environmentally friendly.

Pretoria - The Presidency has expressed shock and sadness at the death of former Minister in the Presidency and Health Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.

Pretoria - The North West Public Safety Department is in a process to develop a Provincial Gender Action Plan which intends reducing sexual offences by 7 percent to 10 percent.

Pretoria - Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana Mashabane has described the late Minister of Health Tshabalala-Msimang as a revolutionary leader who had made a significant contribution to the formation of the Government of National Unity.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed a new 12-member South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has announced new measures that will boost the country's education system.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

The Presidency has learnt with deep sadness and shock, the news of the passing on of former Minister in the Presidency and former Minister of Health, Dr Manto-Tshabalala-Msimang in a Johannesburg hospital, after an illness.

Groups working with women and children believe that the re-introduction of the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Units, is the right step in the fight against crime on women and children.