Pretoria - National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) newly elected chairperson Yeshen Pillay says the agency remains a critical vehicle for youth development in South Africa, saying much of the criticism against it has been mainly about administrative issues.
Pretoria – South Africa and Vietnam have signed an action plan to implement the Memorandum of Understanding on Biodiversity Conservation and Protection.
Pretoria - South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to 25.2% in the first quarter of 2013 following a decline in the fourth quarter of 2012, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Monday.
Ga-Rankuwa – Gauteng MEC for Health, Hope Papo, today visited the Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital in an effort to ensure the delivery of quality healthcare in the province.
Cape Town – Minister of Public Works, Thulas Nxesi, today handed over one of the country’s state-of-the-art police stations to the South African Police Services (SAPS) in Mitchell’s Plain.
Pretoria - Gauteng government departments have spent 99% of their total adjusted budget for the 2012/13 financial year, the Gauteng Provincial Treasury said on Monday.
Pretoria- Trade and Industry (dti) Deputy Minister Elizabeth Thabethe is in Algeria to expose South African companies to trade opportunities on the continent.
Pretoria – Police arrested two rhino poachers in Pafuri at the Kruger National Park at the weekend.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has concluded a successful working visit to Brazzaville, Congo, where he took part in the first meeting of the International Contact Group on the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR).
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has welcomed the investigations into the landing of an A330 Airbus aircraft belonging to Jet Airways at Waterkloof Air Force Base earlier this week.
Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says South Africa’s education system needs “cutting edge” skills by educators to produce learners ready for the challenges of tertiary education, especially in the area of natural science.
Pretoria – The number of pedestrians killed on South African roads is increasing each year, Transport Minister Ben Martins said on Saturday, calling on people to adhere to the rules of the road.
Pretoria - Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has published the Biodiversity Management Plan for Pelargonium sidoides in South Africa 2011 – 2020 in the Government Gazette.
Johannesburg - South Africa’s hosting of the 23rd World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa next week will give the country an opportunity to showcase itself as an investment destination, Deputy Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said on Friday.
Pretoria - The officials involved in coordinating the landing of the A330 Airbus aircraft belonging to Jet Airways at Waterkloof Air Force Base earlier this week have been put on compulsory/special leave.
