Parliament - Government and its social partners are considering various interventions which can help minimise the impact of the global economic crisis on the country.
Pretoria - Government has increased the age of its child support grant beneficiaries to 15 years, in an attempt to reach more vulnerable children.
Parliament - The 2010 FIFA World Cup to be hosted in South Africa should be used as a catalyst to shift perceptions about the country and the rest of the African continent, says President Kgalema Motlanthe.
Pretoria - The South African government is in the process of trying to establish if a South African was among the seven people killed in a plane crash in Uganda on Monday.
Johannesburg - Metrobus drivers are being offered customer service training sessions as part of Public Transport Month, which is held nationwide each October.
Pretoria - Despite the fact that many countries have developed national legislation to address the scourge of violence against women and children, the levels of gender-based violence are still unacceptable high.
Johannesburg - The South African Revenue Services (SARS) on Wednesday unveiled a string of new administrative penalties in a bid to crack down on non-compliant tax payers.
The penalties come into effect on 23 November 2009.
Cape Town - Effective and decisive action is needed in the fight against piracy, oil theft and drug trafficking off Africa's coastline, says Chief of the South African Navy Vice Admiral Johannes Mudimu.
Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Health, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, has dismissed claims that 400 babies have this year died at the Mahatma Gandhi Hospital.
Johannesburg 14 October 2009 - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) will introduce a system of strict new administrative penalties against non-compliant taxpayers from 23 November 2009
Pretoria - South African Airways Cargo (SAA Cargo) has been named as the African Cargo Airline of the year, said SAA.
Pretoria - Despite severe criticism and eight successive defeats, Bafana Bafana coach Joel Santana is optimistic about the future of his squad.
Pretoria – Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is disappointed at the utterances made by the leadership of the South Africa Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) that she must resign, the department said on Wednesday.
Pretoria – Taxi operators have called on the Department of Labour to extend the transport subsidy scheme to the taxi industry.
Parliament - Government is to facilitate the processes aimed at strengthening the machineries dealing with matters of gender equality such as 50/50 representation in decision-making structures.
