Cape Town – The Deputy Minister of Basic Education, Enver Surty, says the hand-over of a new primary school in the Western Cape will go a long way in increasing access and in improving the quality of education in the area.
Pretoria - The Department of Arts and Culture will educate South Africans about its struggle heroes, who were not widely recognised, as part of its Heritage Month projects.
Franz Fanon taught us that “each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfil it or betray it”. These prophetic words uttered many years ago came to describe the generation espoused by Nathaniel Ndazana Nakasa, better known as Nat Nakasa, for it discovered its mission and pursued it.
Pretoria - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) will send a facilitator to the Kingdom of Lesotho to work with that country’s coalition government, as well as an observer team following reports of a “coup”.
Pretoria – Barely six months after its launch, the Department of Social Development’s Gender-Based Violence Command Centre has been recognised by the contact centre community.
Pretoria - The Presidency has requested the postponement of the matter between King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo of the Abathembu dynasty and President Jacob Zuma.
Pretoria – The Department of Labour is to conduct hearings in the garden and landscaping services sector to explore extending the sectorial determination.
Johannesburg – The Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has committed to establishing a Service Delivery War Room to improve responsiveness to communities.
Pretoria – The Gauteng Department of Health says it is taking special precautions to ensure the safe demolition of the Old Natalspruit Hospital in Katlehong, on the East Rand.
Pretoria- A 23-year-old man who is believed to have been responsible for at least eight incidents of house robberies and rape in Polokwane, is appearing in court, today.
Johannesburg - The World Forestry Congress (WFC) will for the first time be held on African soil next year, announced Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Senzeni Zokwana on Monday.
Johannesburg - The economic value of trees is central to the objectives of the National Development Plan (NDP) on job creation, building of the rural economy and the fight against security, says Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Senzeni Zokwana.
Pretoria - In an effort to improve the lives of vulnerable workers, Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant is set to host a Domestic Workers Imbizo to interact with the workers as part of public consultations.
Johannesburg – Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor has urged high school learners, especially those that are in Grade 10 to 12, to consider taking Maths and Physical Science so they can study Engineering.
Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Health has called on patients and their relatives to refrain from abusing health professionals when seeking medical treatment at the province’s hospitals and clinics.
