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Minister Muthambi to check rural development progress

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Pretoria - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi will visit the Mhinga Royal Council and the nearby traditional leaders as part of the government’s Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP).

Minister dissolves PanSALB board

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Pretoria - Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has dissolved the board of the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) with immediate effect.

Ready, set, learn!

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Pretoria - National and provincial government leaders have this morning visited schools across the country to assess the state of readiness for the new school year and to wish learners well for 2016.

Cape fire fighters on standby

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Pretoria - The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service continues to monitor the hotspots amid an increase in the number of fires reported around the Peninsula in recent days.

Registration running smoothly at UJ

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Pretoria - The University of Johannesburg (UJ) says registration processes are proceeding smoothly since they commenced on Monday, and it intends to maintain that until the closing on 3 February.

Team to inspect storm damage in North West

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Pretoria - The North West province has dispatched a team of disaster management officials to inspect the extent of damage caused by the heavy rainfalls.

Matric rewrite programme gets more funding

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Pretoria - Deputy Minister in the Presidency Buti Manamela says R20 million has been set aside for 5 676 second chance opportunities for matrics who did not pass their 2015 finals.

Thousands of beneficiaries to get title deeds in EC

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Pretoria - The Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements says it will hand over 7 000 title deeds to the rightful beneficiaries of government’s low cost subsidy programme by March 2016.

Basic Education warns of hoax bursary notice

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Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has distanced itself from a fake notice regarding applications for the department’s Funza Lushaka Programme, which made rounds on social media platforms recently.

More support pledged to schools

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Pretoria - The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education has committed to giving more support to schools in 2016, especially those situated in struggling districts.