South Africa

Pretoria - The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has appointed 71 sheriffs to fill vacancies countrywide.

Pretoria - The Department of Public Works has intensified its programme for skills development in the country through the Winter School camp, aimed at attracting learners to careers in the built environment.

Pretoria – The new smart card IDs will officially be launched on former President Nelson Mandela’s birthday on 18 July.

Pretoria – A special task team has been set up to find information that will assist in tracking the perpetrator responsible for the death of 26 year old Dudu Zozo.

Pretoria – Government has expressed appreciation to all South Africans for their prayers and well-wishes for former President Nelson Mandela, who is still being treated at a Pretoria hospital.

Pretoria – Government, organised labour and business have signed the Framework Agreement for a Sustainable Mining Industry, which is aimed at, among other things, resolving problems in the industry.

Pretoria – The Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, has strongly condemned the brutal rape and murder of Dudu Zozo.

Pretoria - South Africa is a major construction site, with about 1 132 individual, active construction sites creating employment for about 178 000 people on projects monitored by the Presidential Infrastructure Co-ordinating Commission (PICC).

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has welcomed the on-going debate over the National Development Plan (NDP), which aims to eliminate poverty and reduce inequality by 2030.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma today held a successful meeting with the National Planning Commission (NPC) at the Union Buildings, the first since Cabinet adopted its National Development Plan (NDP).

Pretoria – Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa says the establishment of a well-regulated international trade in rhino horn could help to curb rhino poaching, if implemented in conjunction with all the other interventions to root out the practice.

Pretoria - The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) has welcomed the publication of the Guidelines for the Reduction of Municipal Red Tape, calling it a “significant step” towards creating a supporting environment for small business growth in the country.

Pretoria – Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has released the second National Water Resource Strategy (NWRS2), which sets out the vision and strategic actions for effective water management.

Midrand - The introduction of the Guidelines for the Reduction of Municipal Red Tape will not only improve the survival rate of small business but will also contribute to the levelling of the business playing field, Trade and Industry Minister, Rob Davies, said on Wednesday.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has wished Dr Jean Swanson-Jacobs, former Deputy Minister of Social Development, who is seriously ill in a hospital in Cape Town, a speedy recovery.