Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will this morning address executive mayors and mayors from all 283 municipalities in South Africa to discuss the strengthening of the local government sphere.
Cape Town - No further injuries have been reported following the fires which broke out on Table Mountain in Cape Town.
Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe is expected to undertake a working visit to Sudan later this week.
Pretoria - Government and various language experts have gathered for a three-day workshop in Pretoria to develop the African language equivalent for English soccer terminology.
Pretoria - The Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to hold their regular meetings more often to allow for more effective planning and quicker reactions to changes in the economy.
Pretoria - South Africans are still faced with human rights challenges which have shifted them away from their culture and values, says South African Human Rights Commission Chairperson Jody Kollapen.
Pretoria - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ Troika on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation will on Thursday meet in Mbabane, Swaziland, following the situation in Madagascar.
Parliament - Finance Minister Trevor Manuel on Wednesday announced government's spending on social security would receive a R13.2 billion boost in 2009 to provide some measure of protection to poor South Africans during the economic slowdown.
Parliament - The protection of the poor and sustained employment growth are two of the five pillars that has formed the basis for Finance Minister Trevor Manuel's 2009 Budget Speech.
Johannesburg - Farmer unions and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) have signed an agreement which will ensure that all farm workers are able to cast their votes in a free and fair manner on 22 April.
New York - Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma is expected to represent South Africa at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Debate in New York on Wednesday.
Pretoria - Cabinet has requested the Department of Home Affairs to investigate setting up transit camps for displaced Zimbabweans.
Pretoria - Cabinet has taken exception to the financial settlement reached between the Board of South African Airways and its former Chief Executive Officer Khaya Ngqula.
Pretoria - Government and various language experts have gathered for a three-day workshop in Pretoria to develop the African language equivalent for English soccer terminology.
The Department of Arts and Culture, the department's National Language Service (NLS), the Pan South African Language Board and language specialist from various universities are among those who will be developing a vocabulary of soccer terms for the country's 10 other official languages.
Pretoria - Cabinet has approved the establishment of an Inter-Ministerial Committee to evaluate the option of government investing in the commercialisation of the South African designed battery electric vehicle - Joule.
