South Africa

Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma has described his recent meeting with mayors and municipal managers from all 283 municipalities in the country as a success.

Cape Town - Minister of Public Enterprises, Barbara Hogan, says it was unfortunate that the breakdown in the relationship between the Eskom board and its former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jacob Maroga did not remain an internal matter for the company to resolve.

Civil society organisations have mostly lauded President Jacob Zuma as "committed and serious" in the fight against the HIV and AIDS pandemic.

Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma has reiterated that at no point in time did he give police officers the right to shoot suspects in situations other than those stipulated by law.

Cape Town - The FIFA Organising Committee (OC) has approved the procedure for the 2010 Final Draw to be held in Cape Town on Friday.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has decided to implement a 7 percent salary increase across the board for public office bearers.

Pretoria - The Transport Department is gearing up for a series of safety campaigns ahead of the busiest period on South Africa's roads during the festive season.

Pretoria - South Africa has been re-elected to sit on the International Organisation on Migration's (IOM) Executive Committee.

Pretoria - This year's edition of Soccerex, arguably the biggest business convention for the global football community, has wrapped up in Johannesburg.

We launched the Presidential Hotline on 14 September 2009, as part of our drive to change the way government works.
We wanted to establish a culture of taking citizens seriously, and putting them first in our work as government. The Presidential Hotline provides an appeal mechanism for citizens whose complaints have not been attended to satisfactorily by other spheres of government or departments.
President Jacob Zuma undertook to update the public from time to time with regards to the performance of the Hotline.

Pretoria- Action must be taken to mitigate the effects of climate change on children, says Women, Children and People with Disabilities Minister Lulu Xingwana.

Cape Town – Amid continuing global economic uncertainty, South Africa continues to experience growth and has weathered the storm with a stable fiscus, the Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan said on Thursday.

Cape Town – The Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan today proposed an employment tax incentive for young, first-time workers, which will use a new graduated formula and will replace the contested youth wage subsidy announced by Gordhan in the 2011 Budget.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated two South African scientists for winning the prestigious African Union (AU) Scientific Awards.

Pretoria - In an effort to raise awareness and prevent crashes between motorists and trains, stakeholders in the railway sector are to launch the 2009 Festive Season Safety Awareness Campaign on Thursday.