Residents living in Mushiyane in Giyani, who have never watched television or cooked on an electric stove, will now have access to these services thanks to government's electrification project, writes Nthambeleni Gabara.
Pretoria - The Department of Defence has warned that there will be an increased presence of foreign military vehicles on South Africa's roads as soldiers and foreign forces make their way to the Northern Cape to participate in Exercise Golfinho.
Pretoria - Fridays in South Africa are set to become more colourful with stuffy office gear and school uniforms being exchanged for bright soccer jerseys.
Mafikeng - The Mafikeng Rural Domestic Waste Collection project launched on Thursday will not only create jobs but ensure communities have access to refuse removal services.
Pretoria - The next Extra-Ordinary Conference of the African Union (AU) Communication Ministers will be held in South Africa later this year.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will in August travel to Angola, as his first official visit to any country.
Pretoria - Women groups across the country have started engaging the Ministry for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities on the proposal for a Women Empowerment Fund.
Pretoria - South African troops will be formally withdrawn from a peacekeeping mission in Burundi next Saturday.
Bloemfontein - Minister for Higher Education and Training Dr Blade Nzimande has called on universities to give poor students from rural communities extra support when they start at tertiary institutions.
Pretoria - Women have been challenged to take the lead in the development of sustainable communities and participate in creating conditions ensuring service delivery.
Pretoria - Cabinet announced on Thursday the appointments of Lakela Kaunda and Vusi Mona as Deputy Directors General (DDGs) in the Presidency.
Pretoria - United States Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham-Clinton, will visit South Africa next week as part of her tour to seven countries on the African continent.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has welcomed the judgment in the matter of Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma vs. the Guardian News and Media Limited, heard in the High Court of Justice Queen's bench division, in the United Kingdom.
Midrand - Government is committed to fast-track the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system negotiation process with the taxi industry.
Cabinet held its ordinary meeting in Pretoria yesterday, 29 July 2009.
