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Business, labour anticipate SONA

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Pretoria - South Africa's business and labour sectors are looking forward to President Jacob Zuma's third State of the Nation Address, tomorrow evening, hoping job creation will be placed on top of government's agenda.

IEC hopes to achieve 1.5 million target

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Pretoria - Despite a relatively slow first voter registration weekend, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is confident it will achieve its target of registering 1.5 million new voters ahead of the municipal elections.

SA backs South Sudan referendum

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Pretoria - The South African government has given its backing to the referendum that will be held in South Sudan on Sunday.

Public warned of road closures for SONA

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Cape Town - As the Mother City prepares for the much anticipated opening of Parliament and State of the Nation Address by President Jacob Zuma, members of the public have been warned of the parking restrictions and road closures around the Parliamentary precinct.

Govt acts on frozen chicken saga

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Pretoria - Inspections have revealed that Supreme Poultry, the company at the centre of the frozen chicken controversy, is abusing brine injections in its chickens.

Young blood joins military programme

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Pretoria - More than 5 000 youths have been accepted to the South African National Defence Force's (SANDF) Military Skills Development System (MSDS) and start their six months of training this weekend.

KZN gets back on its feet after floods

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Ladysmith - KwaZulu-Natal municipalities have been urged by the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) to compile reports on the extent of damage caused by the recent floods to speed up the process of reconstruction.

KZN hard hit by floods

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Pretoria - Heavy rains and flooding in parts of KwaZulu-Natal have claimed the lives of at least five people, while many more have been forced to leave their homes.

Bafana too strong for Kenya

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Pretoria - Bafana Bafana walloped Kenya 2-nil in an international friendly played at the Royal Bafokeng stadium on Wednesday night.

Citizens eager to hear about job creation

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Pretoria - For the past five years, Lindelani Zulu has been knocking on doors and sending job applications to various companies but with no luck. He feels that the diploma certificate he obtained six years ago is just a worthless piece of paper.

Repairs to Eskom's Duvha station to take time

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Pretoria - Eskom has warned that a unit which burst into flames last night at Eskom's Duvha Power Station during a routine test will take extensive time to repair.