South Africa

Pretoria – Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has launched a R22-million Green Fund project in the uPhongolo Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal.

Pretoria - Telkom has congratulated Dr Thandi Ndlovu, the Executive Chairperson and CEO of Motheo Construction Group and Cristine Teixeira, CFO of Group Five Limited, as the winners of the Businesswoman of Year in their respective categories.

Pretoria - The Department of Public Works and the landlord of the premises accommodating South African Police Service (SAPS) members in Newcastle, northern KwaZulu-Natal, have reached an agreement to re-open the station.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has expressed his deep sadness at the passing of the former President of the Black Management Forum (BMF), Lot Ndlovu, who succumbed to cancer on Th

Pretoria – The Presidency says former President Nelson Mandela still remains in hospital in Pretoria and his condition is still critical but stable.

Pretoria - It was a tough title to win, but 27-year-old Nomzamo Mthethwa-Khoza has shown that determination and hard work do indeed pay off when she walked away with the coveted Female Entrepreneur of the Year title.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is set to receive an Honorary Doctorate of Leadership from Limkokwing University and to accept a Lifetime Award for Global Peace, on behalf of former President Nelson Mandela, from the Mahathir Global Peace Foundation in Malaysia.

Pietermaritzburg – The KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC, Ina Cronjé, is on a crusade to teach the citizens of the province, especially women, about money management, financial literacy and planning.

Pretoria - The mandate of the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) is not in question, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said on Friday.

Gombani – Life for Avhakholwi Ndou, an unemployed mother of three children, will no longer be the same. Today, she received a new house built for her by other unemployed women in her home village.

Johannesburg – The Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, has officially launched the Techno-Girl Alumni Association, which will ensure more girls complete their tertiary education and get jobs.

Pretoria - A multimillion rand modern police station has officially been opened on Friday for the Lentegeur community of Mitchell’s Plain.

Pretoria - The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) set up to combat alcohol and substance abuse says it is ready to take the Draft Control of Marketing of Alcohol Beverages Bill to Cabinet.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has signed the proclamation to bring into operation the Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Act and the Superior Courts Act.

Johannesburg – The growth in the number of unemployed South Africans, particularly since the 2008 global economic recession, has had the government worried.