The festive season is just around the corner. It is that time of the year that every one of us wants to spend with family and friends. During this time, even convicts in correctional centres get so desperate to escape from prisons to spend Christmas with loved ones that they would do anything to get out of prison.
Pretoria – Grade 12 learners and students, who want to apply for financial assistance to study at any of the selected public universities and TVET colleges in the 2016 academic year, have until 30 November to submit their applications.
Cape Town – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says the Zimbabwe Special Permit programme is at its final stages of conclusion.
Pretoria - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has thwarted two attempts to smuggle illicit cigarettes worth R4.2 million at the Limpopo border post.
Pretoria - The South African government has confirmed that it is ready to host the Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).
South Africa is one of the leading countries in Africa to have made progress in providing access to education for disabled children.
Pretoria - South African businesses have been called on to take advantage of the Gabonese Investment Fund.
Pretoria - Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene is concerned about senior management movements at South African Airways (SAA), said the Ministry of Finance.
Pretoria - The Gauteng Health Department says services at Helen Joseph Hospital will be suspended on Wednesday to make way for the scheduled installation of a change-over switch for all the hospital’s generators.
Johannesburg – The Department of Basic Education has received a donation of R117 million – to be made over a period of 10 years - from the Motsepe Foundation towards sporting and cultural competitions.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed retired Judge Khayelihle Kenneth Mthiyane as Chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry into the remuneration and conditions of service in the public service and public entities.
Pretoria – The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) has suspended year-end examinations until January next year.
Pretoria - Members of the public and other interested parties have until 19 January 2016 to comment on the draft AgriBEE Sector Code.
Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says her department is hard at work to improve support services and the way the curriculum is delivered in public, special and ordinary schools.
Pretoria - The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) will kick off its annual national festive season compliance and liquor abuse awareness campaign on Tuesday.
