Pretoria - While over 400 000 people have visited voting stations across the country to register for the upcoming municipal elections, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Sunday urged citizens to make their way to stations ahead of the deadline at 5pm.
Pretoria - The Basic Education Department said on Tuesday that exam paper standards would not be compromised, despite the challenges faced by the education sector.
Pretoria - South Africa and Kazakhstan have reaffirmed the need to strengthen their existing relations and further expand cooperation between the two countries.
Cape Town - A better voter registration turnout in the Western Cape was expected later in the day after the second day got off to a slow start.
Pretoria - The implementation of the new Consumer Protection Act and Companies Act has been delayed to 1 April 2011.
Pretoria - The country needs a public administration capable of serving beyond the predictable, Public Service and Administration Minister Richard Baloyi said today.
Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in the Eastern Cape on Sunday thanked some of the province's farmers for ensuring that workers registered for the upcoming Local Government Elections, despite overflowing rivers in some parts.
Pretoria - In a bid to strengthen its ability to conduct economic analysis and modelling in all research areas, the Human Science Research Council (HSRC) has appointed a new Executive Director for Research on Economic Performance and Development.
While many young people move to the big city in pursuit of a better paid job and a life of luxury, fancy cars and designer wear, 29-year-old Gift Mafuleka has other ambitions - breathing new life into the agricultural community- an industry which many young people regard as reserved for the older generation, writes Nthambeleni Gabara.
Pretoria - Except for minor hiccups in some of the registration centres during the first day of voter registration on Saturday, everything went well on the second day - with more people coming on Sunday.
Pretoria - Nine of the voting stations that were closed in the Free State due to rains have now been reopened, the provincial Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said on Sunday.
Durban - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in KwaZulu-Natal has managed to put out a few fires that emerged during the first voter registration weekend ahead of the local government elections.
Pretoria - Hundreds of people gathered at Orlando Communal Hall on Friday, 04 February 2011, to commemorate World Cancer Day.
Midrand - Government has extended an invitation to the private sector to invest in an envisaged solar park in the Northern Cape.
Pretoria - The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed an affordable hand-washing device for poor communities to fight and prevent water-borne diseases.
