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Condolences for Turkey after massive quake

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has expressed his "deepest sympathy and condolences" to the people and Government of Turkey after a devastating earthquake that struck the eastern part of the country on Sunday.

Authorities get tough on buses, taxis

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Pretoria - Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has called for every bus and taxi on the country's roads to be stopped and checked following two accidents that claimed the lives of 16 people on Tuesday.

Vision 2030 available in all official languages

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Pretoria - The National Development Plan (NDP), which charts a 20-year path towards achieving a better life for all South Africans, is now available in all eleven official languages.

Expo showcases SA's climate change response

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Durban - If you want to find out what the South African government, NGOs and private sector are doing about climate change - visit the South Africa Climate Change Response (SACCR) Expo in Durban.

Renewable energy production must create jobs

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Pretoria - Job creation and the boosting of the local South African manufacturing sector are at the top of the agenda for the Request for Proposals [RFP] to procure renewable power producers.

Minister halts new toll gates

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Pretoria - Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has ordered the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) to halt all processes linked to the new toll gate system on the country's major roads.

Women called to seize opportunities

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Pretoria - Chief of the South African Navy, Admiral Refiloe Mudimu, today called on women to seize opportunities and not be spectators.

Political consultations for SA, Belarus

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Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim will host his Belarusian counterpart, Sergei Aleinik, for political consultations in Cape Town on Wednesday.

Women empowerment must continue - Xingwana

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Pretoria - The struggle for gender equality and women empowerment should continue even after Women's Month draws to a close, says Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana.

Executed political prisoners remembered

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is to unveil a dedicated wall in the gallows at the C-Max prison with individual plaques for each of the 132 political prisoners executed there during the apartheid regime on 15 December.

Wild Banana Leaf Canopy on display at COP17

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Pretoria - The Department of Environmental Affairs will be using 25 000 Strelitzia Nicolai leaves - more commonly known as wild banana leaves - as natural shade during COP 17 in Durban.