Pretoria - Famous Cuban revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro, and veteran negotiator Cyril Ramaphosa are among the 28 recipients set to receive National Orders on Friday at the Union Buildings.
Pretoria - All social grants for the month of April will be paid on time, as a dispute between the SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) and three service providers has been resolved, says the Minister of Social Development Zola Skweyiya.
Mafikeng - The Rooiground Housing Development Project will begin next week and is expected to provide 1 000 housing units to the families living in the Rooiground informal settlement outside Mafikeng.
Mafikeng - As the country's General Elections draws closer, first time voters in the North West are excited and busy educating themselves about the electoral processes and which parties to vote for.
Pretoria - The Mpumalanga Education Department has allocated R1.7 million to four districts to procure school furniture before the end of March 2013.
Johannesburg - Johannesburg Executive Mayor Amos Masondo will this morning visit the Alexandra Renewal Project, which recently won an award from United Nations Habitat for successfully revitalizing an urban environment.
Pretoria - The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) has described the allegations of nepotism and irregular appointment of certain staff by their Chief Executive Officer Nkululeko Poya as factually incorrect and without substance.
Pretoria - The Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel has welcomed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Board's approval of a major overhaul of the IMF's lending framework.
Pretoria - Seven learners who were arrested on Wednesday at the Overkruin Ho%rskool in Pretoria for drug possession are expected to appear before the Pretoria North Magistrate court on Thursday.
Polokwane - Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele is to honour the country's best heavy vehicle drivers on Friday.
Pretoria - The Producer Price Index in February 2009 has come in at 7.3 percent year on year, which is 1.9 percent lower than January's figure of 9.2 percent year on year, Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) announced on Thursday.
Cape Town - South Africa's off-shore environmental protection vessel, the Sarah Baartman, returned to Cape Town Harbour on Thursday from a four-nation transboundary fisheries patrol in South African, Tanzanian, Mozambican and Kenyan waters.
Pretoria - Cabinet has approved the establishment of an Inter-Ministerial Committee to oversee the final preparations for the award of the bid for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Radio Telescope.
Midrand - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has welcomed the latest OECD report on South Africa, which states that although strides have been made, the country is not fully reaching its potential.
Pretoria - Cabinet supports the policy and strategic direction the Department of Home Affairs is taking with regards to improving service delivery.
