Durban - A R20 million Further Education and Training (FET) College in Clermont is expected to increase access to education, bring more opportunities to the people living in the area and fight critical skills shortages in the province.
Cape Town - The City of Cape Town has tabled a draft budget of R23.8 billion for the 2009/10 financial year which begins on 1 July 2009.
Johannesburg - Government has developed a support scheme to ensure that poor people are not left behind when South Africa makes the complete switch from analogue television broadcasting to digital television broadcasting technology.
Pretoria - South Africa will now be able to comply with maritime regulations emanating from the International Maritime Organisation, thanks to the newly launched Centre for Sea Watch and Response.
Pretoria - As from January next year, children who are 15-years-old will be eligible to receive a Child Support Grant from government.
Johannesburg - All 283 municipalities in the country are to develop their own specific municipal turnaround strategy aimed at improving service delivery at local level by March 2010.
Pretoria - Government has extended its condolences to the family and friends of the two government officials who were killed early on Thursday when their car collided with a truck on the road to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Pretoria - The Department of Health and its partners have launched the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Country Cooperation Strategy for South Africa to help guide the country on how to address its changing health needs.
Cabinet held its ordinary meeting in Cape Town yesterday, 21 October 2009.
Pretoria - Motorists travelling on all national toll routes in South Africa will be paying more from 1 March, following adjustments made to tariffs by the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL).
Pretoria - Gauteng Premier, Nomvula Mokonyane, on behalf of the Gauteng Provincial Government, has expressed shock regarding the horrific accident on the N1 South in Johannesburg this morning that left one person dead and 30 seriously injured.
Durban - The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has appointed 8 780 markers for the 2009 National Senior Certificate marking session.
Pretoria - The South African Football Association (SAFA) is considering taking disciplinary measures against certain members who have claimed that the SAFA elections last month were unconstitutional.
Pretoria - Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, has wished the 2009 matriculants well ahead of their Senior Certificate Examinations on Monday.
Pretoria - The Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, has assured South Africans that the 2009 Senior Certificate Examinations will be credible.
