Johannesburg - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has called for an increased focus on the country’s education system, saying it needs to produce a capable generation of young people armed with the requisite skills geared towards the needs of the economy.
Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education says it will approach the Press Council regarding the weekend report in the City Press that some schools in Limpopo still do not have textbooks.
Durban - Public Enterprises Minister, Malusi Gigaba has unveiled Transnet’s seven new state-of-the-art ship-to-shore cranes at the Durban Container Terminal – Pier 2 as the company surges ahead in its drive to boost productivity and efficiency in arguably the Southern hemisphere’s biggest and busiest port.
Pretoria - The Department of Communications has accused the Sunday Times newspaper of prosecuting Minister Dina Pule in a “public court of opinion”.
Pretoria – Two police officers caught on CCTV camera at the Boksburg Mall last week taking a bribe from a motorist have been served with letters of intention to suspend them.
Pretoria - The public hearings on the Agricultural Produce Marketing Agencies Bill will start today in Irene, outside Pretoria.
Pretoria - Youth living with albinism have pleaded with the Department of Social Development to help dispel myths around albinism and help them access equal opportunities in education and work.
Durban – There has been an impressive 11.4% increase of visitors from 389 624 to 434 216 in the last 2012/2013 financial year, says SANParks Managing Executive of Tourism and Marketing Glenn Phillips.
Durban – Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has announced that through South Africa’s marketing efforts in tourism they have reached over one billion consumers.
Durban – South Africa’s top emerging tourism entrepreneurs have been selected for the 2013 Emerging Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year Awards (ETEYA) competition.
Durban - Minister of Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk has launched the Lilizela awards which recognise excellence across the tourism industry.
Durban - KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Economic Development and Tourism Mike Mabuyakhulu has made a strong case for the Tourism Indaba to be hosted in Durban permanently.
Cape Town - It was the last thing that they’d expected, a Cabinet Minister, who understood their pain and apprehension about their children’s future, not because she’s a woman, but because she’s a mother of a bipolar child.
Pretoria - Members of the Limpopo police provincial tracking team has arrested three most wanted armed robbers who have been terrorising the community of Mashashane and the surrounding villages.
Pretoria - Police in Limpopo have re-arrested a Sangoma, 57 whose case of making a 13-year-old girl his second wife was withdrawn in January earlier this year.
