Cape Town - South African businesses are still battling to recover from the effects of the recent recession, with the Department of Trade and Industry experiencing a marked decline in the number of applications by firms to its incentive schemes and lower than expected investments in its industrial development zones, the National Treasury revealed today.
Pretoria - Cabinet has mandated the Minister of Water Affairs, Bulelwa Sonjica to urgently establish a special task team to investigate how government can best deal with reports of acid water drainage in some provinces.
Pretoria - Government and the tourism industry will continue to strengthen their relationship following South Africa's successful hosting of the 2010 World Cup, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Tuesday.
Cape Town - South Africans from all walks of life must ask themselves what they can do to create jobs and address South Africa's massive unemployment rate, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday.
Pretoria - As workers in the public service intensify their strike action, the South African Chamber of Commerce (SACCI) is concerned that the move will have a negative impact on the country's image abroad.
Pretoria - Government has expressed concern that investment by the private sector in new power generation capacity has not happened as it should.
Cape Town - Government plans to set aside R1 billion to help youth in South Africa set up employment creation projects in the next financial year.
Cape Town - An extra R100 million has been allocated to the Department of Health to help fight HIV and Aids while provinces are to get more funding to help build new schools, says the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan.
Cape Town - The worst of the recession is over with real growth in the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expected to come in at 3 percent this year, after reaching 3.9 percent in the first half of the year.
Durban - The KwaZulu-Natal Education Department will distribute more study guides in a bid to assist matric learners prepare for their final exams, following the disruptions caused by the public servants' strike.
Maputo - Life has begun to return to normal in Mozambique after serious rioting hit the cities of Maputo and Matola recently.
Mbombela - The first three days of matric exams have gone off smoothly in Mpumalanga, with no reports of exam papers being leaked.
Pretoria - The public participation process with regard to the country's long-term electricity capacity plan has been delayed for a few weeks,
Pretoria - Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) and trade union federation COSATU have both came out in support of government's new economic growth path, adding that they will wait for more details of the plan.
Pretoria - The Correctional Services Department says it will conduct an audit of all inmates sentenced to life before 1 October 2004 for possible consideration for parole.
