Pretoria - Gauteng is taking several steps to address fraud and corruption, including plans to verify all employees of the provincial government to ensure that salaries are paid to authentic employees, says Gauteng Finance MEC Mandla Nkomfe.
Pretoria - The Department of Labour has issued a notice indicating its intention to call on all interested parties to comment on the possibility to review the minimum wage for farmworkers.
Pretoria - The project to upgrade and replace outdated hospital equipment and machinery at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital has resulted in a huge improvement in the services that the hospital provides to the community.
Pretoria - Government and the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) will continue consultations on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) with a view to finding a solution, the parties said in a joint statement on Thursday.
Pretoria - Justice Deputy Minister Andries Nel has thanked the Constitutional Court Clerks Alumni Association and the Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Pro Bono Office for their efforts to create awareness about the South African Constitution and human rights.
Pretoria - Power parastatal Eskom has initiated its next tariff initiation by submitting its draft Multi-Year Price Determination (MYPD 3) to the SA Local Government Association (Salga) and National Treasury for comment.
Pretoria - The upcoming Social Cohesion Summit is not a reaction to the controversial portrait by Brett Murray titled The Spear - but is rather aimed at getting the country talking about pertinent socio-economic issues that affect people from all walks of life.
Pretoria - Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has, under the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, declared the Waterberg area as a national priority area.
Pretoria - Government is to accelerate the implementation of the Local Government Turnaround Strategy, which is aimed at ensuring an effective and efficient local government, says Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.
Pretoria - Young people in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria today had an opportunity to speak frankly with Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe about their grievances, such as not being able to get financial assistance to further their studies or to set up their own businesses and poor service delivery.
Pretoria - The unveiling of 50 Transnet Pipelines (TPL) tank wagons is a milestone that South Africa should be proud of, which will help the country in its quest to become an original equipment manufacturing hub on the continent.
East London - Eastern Cape Premier Noxolo Kiviet says the dismissal of two senior managers from her office is just the beginning of her government's zero tolerance policy towards fraud.
Pretoria - Limpopo police on Thursday arrested six suspects, aged between 12 and 14 years, for the murder of three children in Mookgopong in August.
Cape Town - Ireland is emerging from its economic slump and views Africa as a continent that will become an economic giant in years to come, says Joe Costello TD, Minister of State for Trade and Development in Ireland.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has conveyed his condolence to Inkatha Freedom Party leader, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi and his family after his son, uMntwana Phumaphesheya Gregory Buthelezi, passed away.
