South Africa

We would like to give you just a few highlights of the work we have been doing over the past two and half months, and some of the issues we are busy with.

Pretoria - Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Jeff Radebe says government would not act in a way that undermines the laws governing the procurement of arms.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has directed relevant ministers to prioritise areas that have been affected by poor service delivery.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has directed relevant ministers to prioritise areas that have been affected by poor service delivery.

Balfour - A government delegation sent to the troubled Balfour Township in Mpumalanga on Monday uncovered a series of service delivery discrepancies in the area

Address by the President of the Republic of South Africa, His Excellency, President Jacob Zuma, on the occasion of the President's national interaction with school principals, Durban International Convention Centre

When Deputy Minister for Public Works Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu was in Grade 4, she made a commitment to herself that she would change the world.

Kinshasa - The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Summit will wrap up proceedings later today with a new chairperson at the helm.

Pretoria - South Africans from all walks of life will on 9 August celebrate and commemorate the struggle of women for a free, non-racial and non-sexist country.

Bloemfontein - Around 400 women and girls have been invited to attend a Premier Soccer League (PSL) match this weekend where they will be treated like VIPs as part of celebrations to mark Women's Day.

Pretoria - The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) on Monday announced the finalists in the upcoming inaugural SA Premier Business Awards.

Bloemfontein-The South African Indigenous Classic Books will be relaunched in Bloemfontein today in celebration of International Literacy Day.

Mafikeng - Fire and police forensic teams are investigating the cause of a blaze which broke out at the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality offices in the early hours of Friday morning.

Durban - Government is to improve the quality of education at schools by changing the learning, teaching and management of schools.

When President Jacob Zuma recently told school principals to interrogate why education policies have failed to deliver excellence, for one person in the room, the reality sank that the buck would stop with her and colleague Deputy Minister Enver Surty, to see that this state of affairs is turned around.