Pretoria - Minister of Communications Faith Muthambi is on Friday visiting Lephalale, in the Waterberg region of Limpopo, to encourage residents to exercise their hard-won right to vote in the 3 August Local Government Elections.
Pretoria - The Gauteng Provincial Government has signed a declaration of intent with the Department of Higher Education and Training to help address the dearth of student accommodation.
Pretoria - The 21st International AIDS Conference is expected to wind up its successful deliberations later today in Durban, says the Presidency.
Pretoria - The fourth day of the 21st International AIDS Conference afforded young people a platform to share their experiences, challenges and opinions with prominent activists, the world’s top scientists, researchers and policy makers.
Pretoria – Women in leadership positions have been challenged to look to the opportunities presented by science and technology to change the fortunes of their communities.
Pretoria - South African Airways (SAA) has terminated its contract with BnP Capital as its financial services provider, the airline said on Thursday.
Pretoria - The Reserve Bank on Thursday kept the repo rate unchanged at 7% - in line with market expectations.
Durban – Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says South Africans should welcome any initiative aimed at finding an effective HIV vaccine, adding that many battles against diseases were won using vaccines.
Durban - Achieving AIDS reduction targets and eventually ending the disease by 2030 is taking centre stage at the 21st International AIDS conference, underway in Durban.
Pretoria - The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has announced that it will apply for leave to appeal the "shockingly lenient” six-year prison sentence imposed on convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius.
Durban – Government has launched a set of new look condoms, which it hopes will attract young people, following complaints that the previous ‘Choice’ condoms lacked appeal and were not attractive to young people.
Pretoria – Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, has called for bold solutions to tackle the challenges that South Africa is facing in providing housing for students in institutions of higher learning.
Pretoria – With just 13 days to go until Election Day, the 3rd of August, the KwaZulu-Natal Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) are in the final stretch of preparations.
Pretoria - African countries must intensify efforts to diversify their economies so they can integrate into the global economy, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies.
Durban – South Africa should advocate for the creation of local HIV drug manufacturing companies and stop depending on foreign pharmaceutical multinationals for these drugs, says Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor.
