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Meeting to resolve Mmabatho Nursing College issues

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Pretoria - The North West Health Department has called a meeting with Mmabatho Nursing College students on Friday to find ways to recover the lost academic time due to the protracted boycott.

Warm up safely this winter

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Pretoria - Gauteng residents have been warned to be extra cautious in their attempts to keep warm this weekend, following the forecasted extremely cold weather.

Reforms to take the sting out of retirement

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Pretoria - Retirement reforms proposed by government are aimed at ensuring that pension fund members are better protected and can retire comfortably, National Treasury says.

Pothole eradication programme to be launched

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Pretoria – Transport Minister Dipuo Peters is expected to officially launch “Operation Tselantle” - a road infrastructure maintenance and rehabilitation programme - in the North West, tomorrow.

KZN municipalities get their ducks in a row

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Pretoria – The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) says it will step up its role to ensure that municipalities stay in the Auditor General’s good books.

Minister Peters calls for thorough audit of traffic police

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Pretoria - Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has urged the board and management of the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) to conduct a thorough audit of the calibre of officers attached to the national traffic police.

Investment in road infrastructure will unlock economic growth

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Cape Town – The Department of Transport says it will, over the next financial year, focus its energy on investing in developing the road, rail, maritime and aviation infrastructure networks in order to help unlock the full potential of the economy.

Govt invests more in research, innovation

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Cape Town – Science and Technology Deputy Minister Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi says her department will invest more in research and innovation to ensure that the country produces more scientists and engineers.

Matlosana intervention extended

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Pretoria - The North West executive committee (Exco) has approved the extension of the financial intervention in the Matlosana Local Municipality by a further six months.

SABC appoints Motsoeneng as COO

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Pretoria - Hlaudi Motsoeneng has been appointed as chief operations officer (COO) of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).

Helping hand for Tshwane crèches

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Pretoria – The City of Tshwane has awarded 70 Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres in and around the city R100 000 each.

SA's automotive sector moves up a gear

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Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma is expected to launch the First Automotive Works (FAW) South Africa assembly plant in the Eastern Cape on Thursday.

SA's mining strategy must unlock transformation, investment

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Cape Town – Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi says his department will review the country’s mining strategy to ensure that all minerals that come out of the country benefit both the economy and the people of South Africa.

Probe underway into Berea train crash

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Pretoria – Metrorail says it in investigating the cause of the accident in which two trains collided in Berea, near the Durban city centre, on Tuesday evening.