Skip to main content
Search SAnews

South Africa

Public hearings on Lwandle evictions to start

459

Pretoria – The ministerial enquiry set up to investigate the evictions in Lwandle in Cape Town will commence with public hearings on Monday, says the Department of Human Settlements.

KZN legislature does it for Madiba

1419

Pretoria – Members of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature are set to get their hands dirty in a clean-up campaign to mark Mandela Day next week.

Administrator to turn around Ngaka Modiri Molema

473

Pretoria – Councillors from the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West have committed to working hand in hand with the newly appointed administrator to get their house in order.

Gauteng e-toll panel sits next week

416

Johannesburg - A panel set up by Gauteng Premier David Makhura to review the implementation of e-tolls in Gauteng is set to begin its work next week, the Premier said on Thursday.

Freedom Ride to honour Madiba

3311

Pretoria – Johannesburg Mayor, Parks Tau, on Thursday launched the second Freedom Ride, which will take place in the city on 20 July.

Good news for job creation

437

Port Elizabeth - The production of up to 5 000 trucks at the newly launched First Automobile Works (FAW) vehicle assembly plant in Coega, Port Elizabeth, is good news for job creation in the country.

FAW assembly plant to boost Govt’s growth target

345

Port Elizabeth – The new First Automobile Works (FAW) South Africa vehicle assembly plant in Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape, will boost the country's efforts to achieve a growth target of 5% by 2019, says President Jacob Zuma.

Mining production declines in May

324

Pretoria - Mining production decreased by 6.5% year-on-year in May, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Thursday.

De Kock denied parole

437

Pretoria – Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha has denied former apartheid-era police colonel, Eugene de Kock, parole.

SIU to probe KZN Treasury

452

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has announced that he has authorised the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate certain matters relating to the affairs of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Treasury.

New high-tech trains to boost SA economy

389

Pretoria – Prasa’s Rolling Stock Fleet Renewal Programme is much more than the procurement of trains - the move is set to stimulate economic development and local manufacturing, says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi.