Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has officially launched the festive season operation, When Duty Calls, with a vow to combat serious crimes and adopt a zero tolerance approach.
Manyeding – The Manyeding Agricultural Co-operative project is successfully winning the fight against poverty and food shortages in the villages east of Kuruman, in the Northern Cape.
Cape Town – The Mozambican government has not asked the South African government for help after the outbreak of violence there this week, the Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Collins Chabane, said today.
Pretoria – As South Africa joins the international community in observing World Polio Day, Gauteng Health MEC Hope Papo has urged parents to immunise their children against polio and other vaccine preventable diseases.
Mbombela - Municipalities and their residents will soon know how much water they've used or wasted.
Pretoria - Eskom’s Kusile power station has been named as a finalist in the 2013 Be Inspired Awards for its innovative use of a virtual 3D plant simulator, the power parastatal said on Wednesday.
Nairobi - The African Union (AU) and Kenya have formally asked the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to defer the trials of Kenya’s president and deputy president at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for one year.
Pretoria - Government has condemned the disruption of schooling during protests, and has called on all South Africans to unite in protecting children’s right to education.
Cape Town – MPs welcomed new cost-cutting measures announced by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan today, which will affect ministers, MECs and executives in municipalities aimed at reducing wasteful expenditure.
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement 2013 - Speech by Pravin Gordhan Minister of Finance
Pretoria - South Africa and Niger have recommitted to strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries, as well as working together to promote peace and stability in Africa.
Cape Town – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has taken a tough stance to bring about fiscal stability by announcing wide-ranging cost cutting measures that seek to curb wasteful spending and restore confidence in the local economy.
Cape Town – Government has channelled additional funding into the transport, communications and energy sectors in a bid to implement SA’s priority projects.
Cape Town – The National Development Plan (NDP) is expected to off-set job creation to desired targets over the next three years, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday.
Cape Town - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says the country’s economy is expected to grow by 1.4% to 3.5% over the next three years.
