Pretoria - Government has ring-fenced a total of R2.1 billion for housing projects in 14 mining towns to improve the living and working conditions of mineworkers, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Thursday.
Pretoria - Work is progressing well at the Medupi power plant with the first gas burner having been fired up this week, Eskom said on Thursday.
Cape Town – From calls to increase the National Senior Certificate pass mark by 20% to advocating for the appointment of a Children’s Ombudsperson – the debate of the Children’s Parliament has not been child’s play.
Pretoria - A 72-year-old man has been placed under quarantine for haemorrhagic fever, the North West Department of Health said on Thursday.
Pretoria - The Gauteng Provincial Government will commission a baseline study on the township economy to understand its size, spread and strength as well as innovative ways of measuring its social and economic importance.
Pretoria - Government has appealed to communities to save water and help protect the country’s infrastructure at all times.
Johannesburg - The City of Ekurhuleni says it wants to transform historically disadvantaged townships into viable commercial business areas through its ambitious Township Economy Programme.
Pretoria - About 82 informal settlements are currently being assessed and categorised for upgrading as part of the National Upgrading Support Programme in the priority mining towns.
Pretoria – Negotiations to repatriate the bodies of South African anti-apartheid activists Moses Kotane and JB Marks from Russia are continuing, says government.
Pretoria - The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) stands ready to protect the rand’s value, says Deputy Governor Daniel Mminele.
Pretoria – South African National Parks (SANParks), Coal of Africa and the Department of Environmental Affairs have signed a historic biodiversity offset agreement (BOA) for Vele Colliery.
Pretoria - National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega has welcomed the conviction of two men by the Atteridgeville Magistrate’s Court for attempting to bribe the Diepsloot police station commander.
Pretoria - Police on Wednesday arrested three suspects with a possible link to a business robbery in Tulisa Park, Alberton.
Pretoria - Police have put together a team of detectives to investigate the death of a Moroccan consul, whose body was found at a guesthouse in Pretoria on Tuesday.
Pretoria - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin Gordhan says national government has looked at ways of strengthening municipalities at district level in order to improve the overall performance of local government.
