Cape Town – Taxpayers should expect to pay a percentage point more from their personal income tax for government to raise an extra R12 billion this year and another R15 billion next year, the National Treasury said on Wednesday.
Pretoria - Free State Premier Ace Magashule says the province’s job creation prospects are looking up, with 51 020 work opportunities created as at the end of January this year through the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP).
Pretoria – The chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI), Cornelia September, has expressed concern about claims of leaked intelligence reports allegedly prepared by or on behalf of South African intelligence agencies.
Pretoria - The Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements has received an additional R233 million to help increase productivity on its housing projects.
Pretoria – Freedom Park is an untapped liberation heritage gem yet to be fully utilised by all South Africans, says the park’s acting CEO Jane Mufamadi.
Pretoria - Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says Phase 3 of the Expanded Public Work Programme (EPWP) Social Sector must aim high and work harder towards increasing the current set targets for work opportunities.
Pretoria – Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene will this afternoon table the 2015 National Budget, outlining how government will finance its programme of action for the year ahead.
Pretoria – Unions linked to the SA Post Office (Sapo) have committed to support the administration technical team to deliver on its mandate of stabilising the organisation and turning the company around.
Pretoria – South Africa and Switzerland have recommitted to strengthen relations, with much focus on vocational training and skills development, says International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Luwellyn Landers.
Pretoria - Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza says he expects a 100% pass rate from the matriculants of a newly built Bushbuckridge school.
Pretoria – The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, said on Tuesday the department had decided to grant several companies reprieve in order to meet minimum air emissions standards.
Pretoria – KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has urged municipalities to stop hiring consultants to prepare municipal financial statements.
Pretoria – Stakeholders in the education sector have been invited to meet with the Presidential Remuneration Review Commission, according to the Presidency.
Pretoria – The Limpopo Provincial Government is planning to buy 50 more ambulances in the next financial year.
Pretoria - Limpopo has turned the tide on delays in the delivery of textbooks, Premier Chupu Mathabatha said on Tuesday.
