Pretoria – Offenders are busy preparing to participate in next year’s Cape Town International Jazz Festival, as part of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) offender jazz music development programme known as “Music Behind Bars”.
Pretoria – Child protection register sites are to be rolled out to 25 municipalities in Limpopo to ensure that all child abuse cases are reported and recorded immediately in the electronic register.
Pretoria – Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has welcomed the National Education Evaluation and Development Unit (NEEDU) report, which highlights the state of education in the lower grades.
Pretoria - The Draft Gas Amendment Bill 2013, which seeks to review compliance monitoring and enforcement in the natural gas sector, is now available for public comment, the Department of Energy (DoE) said on Thursday.
Johannesburg - Vehicle manufacturers in South Africa have welcomed the launch of the Electronic Vehicle Industry Road Map, which aims to introduce electric vehicles into the South African market.
Johannesburg - South Africa is keen on bringing electric cars into the market and is considering a set of incentives for the local production of these vehicles locally thereby reducing the country’s carbon footprint and creating jobs.
Pretoria – Government says there are no plans for load-shedding this winter, but officials have urged South Africans to save as much electricity as possible.
Pretoria – South Africans will this year mark the 100th anniversary of one of the most iconic structures in the capital city of Pretoria, the Union Buildings.
Pretoria – Cabinet says the overwhelming inflow of tourists to South Africa was a result of the success of policies aimed at entrenching South Africa’s status as a major international tourism and business events destination.
Pretoria - Cabinet has called on all South African parents and guardians, who have children between the ages of nine months and five years, to get them immunised against polio and measles.
Pretoria - Cabinet has accepted the apology from the Central African Republic (CAR) after thirteen South African soldiers were killed during the clashes with the rebel alliance known as Seleka.
Pretoria – Cabinet has expressed concern over what it referred to as “a spate of violent and unprotected strikes” in the country.
Pretoria – Cabinet has pledged its full support for the United Nations (UN) Road Safety Week, which will run from 6 - 12 May.
Pretoria - Cabinet has approved that the sixth edition of Development Indicators (2012) to be published.
Pretoria – Hosting the World Economic Forum (WEF) Africa will provide South Africa with an added opportunity to actively engage and lobby African leaders and international and regional businesses on possible interventions to integrate and enhance growth in South Africa and the region.
