Pretoria - Political parties have broadly supported Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's Budget Speech, especially the focus on economic growth, job creation and poverty alleviation.
Pretoria - The Department of Mineral Resources has warned of a syndicate that is fraudulently ordering goods and services under the pretence that it is for the department.
Pretoria - Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale will meet 60 youth leaders in Johannesburg today as part of efforts to encourage increased youth involvement in human settlements development.
Mbombela - An outbreak of meningitis has been reported in Mpumalanga's capital city.
Pretoria - The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is expected to explain its decision to give former municipal manager, Graham Richards, a golden handshake to Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Sicelo Shiceka.
Pretoria - The public have been warned by the Gauteng Health and Social Development to take anti-malarial medication before they visit malaria endemic areas.
Pretoria - Christmas came early for the residents of Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape when Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale handed over 500 houses to the community on Tuesday.
Pretoria - The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) has commended government's determination to prioritise education as a key tool to addressing the country's problem of skills' shortages.
Pretoria - Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, has commended the arrest of eight suspects allegedly involved in acts of child pornography.
Pretoria - More than 100 police officials have been kicked off the South African Police Service (SAPS) for their involvement in fraud and corruption.
Pretoria - The husband of murdered UK tourist Anni Dewani was implicated as the mastermind behind her killing in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.
Pretoria - Contractors who do shoddy work have been warned that they will be blacklisted with Treasury.
Pretoria - South Africa's national football team, Bafana Bafana, complicated their journey to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil by playing to a 1-all draw with minnows Ethiopia at home on Sunday.
Pretoria - The provincial Health Department in Gauteng has downplayed claims of a meningococcal meningitis outbreak in the province, saying there is no need for people to be alarmed.
Pretoria - The Green Scorpions have found that EnviroServ Eastern Cape constructed and operated a storm water dam as well as the leachate treatment plant at Aloes without obtaining the required environmental authorisation and permit.
