Pretoria - More than 6.8 million learners in Grades 1 to 6 and Grade 9 across South Africa started writing the third Annual National Assessments (ANA) on Tuesday, to determine their levels of competency in Literacy and Numeracy.
Cape Town – Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin Gordhan says local government needs to go “back to basics” in order to improve on the delivery of services to citizens.
Pretoria - A new incentive has been launched to support emerging black filmmakers that will nurture them to take-up big productions that will assist in the creation of jobs.
Johannesburg – Remote and rural schools are set to benefit from the Learn English Audio Project (LEAP) which aims to help learners improve their English listening and speaking skills.
Pretoria – The new requirement of an Unabridged Birth Certificate for all children travelling to and within South Africa's borders, as well as written permission, has been postponed until 1 June 2015, says Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba.
From today until Friday pupils across the country will be sitting for the fourth Annual National Assessments (ANA).
Pretoria - South Africa is committed to collaborating with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to ensure that relations are strengthened.
Pretoria- A South African-led observer mission is to be deployed to Lesotho for three months with the hope that stability will prevail and enable the mountain kingdom to hold elections.
Pretoria - Officials from the South African Mission in Lagos, in Nigeria, are still liaising with rescue workers and government authorities to establish whether any South African citizens are affected by the collapsed church building there.
Pretoria - An emergency meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional leaders, which is discussing the pressing political and security issues in Lesotho and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is currently underway in Pretoria.
Johannesburg – South Africa will next month host the 35th Annual Crime Stoppers Conference which will see the global crime fighting community converge in Cape Town.
Johannesburg – More than 3000 arrests have been made during 2007 and 2014 as a direct result of tip-offs received via Crime Stop and Crime Line combined.
Pretoria - Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant and her Chinese counterpart, Yin Weimin, on Monday met to thrash out matters related to improving human resource development in both countries.
Pretoria - The Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has obtained an order in the North Gauteng High Court freezing a cash amount of US$9.34 million - about R102 million - that was confiscated at Lanseria Airport in Johannesburg.
Pretoria – Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says government will continue to put the needs of the people first as the country marks Thusong Service Centre Week.
