Pretoria - South Africa's KAT-7 telescope - a seven-dish array which is a precursor to the much larger MeerKAT telescope and a prototype for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) - has reached another milestone by producing the first atomic hydrogen spectral line images of a nearby galaxy.
Pretoria - The Consumer Price Index (CPI) continued its upward trend, rising to 6.3% in January, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced on Wednesday.
Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport, with the assistance of SANRAL, says it is putting all efforts into alleviating traffic congestion around the sink hole on the Ben Schoeman freeway just south of Jean Avenue in Centurion.
Pretoria - The North West Department of Health is to add 48 000 patients to its antiretroviral treatment programme in the next nine months, an increase from the 151 589 people currently on treatment.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will tomorrow jet off to Cotonou, Benin, to attend the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government Ad Hoc Committee Meeting.
Port Elizabeth - President Jacob Zuma on Friday moved to inject energy into South Africa's infrastructure plan when he officially opened the new multi-billion Rand Port of Ngqura, situated outside Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape.
Johannesburg - Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has welcomed the findings and recommendations of the Nicholson Inquiry into the affairs of Cricket South Africa (CSA).
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has encouraged South African Olympians to bring home the medals for former President Nelson Mandela from the upcoming 2012 London Olympic Games.
Pretoria - Every effort is being made to address the incorrect perceptions about the crime rate in Gauteng, says Premier Nomvula Mokonyane.
Pretoria - The declaration of the Voortrekker Monument as the first Afrikaans national heritage site since the advance of democracy is a significant milestone to building a united and diverse South Africa, says Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile.
Pretoria - Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile has asked the City of Tshwane to broaden the scope of consultation into the renaming of Pretoria.
Pretoria - One of the most successful land restitution projects, owned by Amangcolosi Community Trust in KwaZulu-Natal, has handed over five new classrooms worth more than R1 million to Dulumbe Primary School.
Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Education has launched an investigation into a primary school principal, who allegedly came to work under the influence of alcohol.
Pretoria - The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) is in the process of bolstering its provincial and local structures so as to boost its efficiency.
Pretoria - The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has welcomed the decision by Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane to split the provincial Health Department from the Social Development Department.
