South Africa

Pretoria - Parents in the Western Cape, whose children are in Grade R, will know next week whether their children are ready for school next year.

Pretoria - With South Africa working towards creating five million jobs by 2020, towns and cities around the country are cleaning up their act and generating employment opportunities at the same time.
Spearheaded by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), the 'Clean Cities and Towns' initiative is aiming to produce thousands of green jobs and reduce levels of unemployment in the country's poorer communities.

Pretoria - Employment in the formal non-agricultural sector increased slightly between the quarters en

Cape Town - Government today announced that it intends to erect a series of monuments and museums to h

Cape Town - South African youth have been urged to seize opportunities and not give up on establishing

Pretoria - Government workers have been urged to vigorously step up efforts around the implementation of disability programmes within their units.

Pretoria - Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane said on Tuesday work on the review of the Minist

Pretoria -Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele says the taxi industry has made great strides in transfo

Cape Town - Co-operative Finance Institutions (CFIs) have been urged to "change their mindsets" if they want to see any significant growth.

Pretoria - Government and the media have been urged form a partnership to educate the public about climate change issues.

Pretoria - The North West Department of Health is to add more than 54 000 people on antiretroviral tre

Cape Town - Government and its key partners, such as labour and business, have signed an all-comprehensive Accord geared to create 300 000 jobs in the next 10 years.

King William's Town - The SAPS Eastern Cape provincial commissioner Lt General Celiwe Binta had handed over 12 high performance vehicles to several clusters in an effort to enhance the festive season crime-fighting campaign.

Pretoria - Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu has sent a stern warning to the mining industry not put the lives of workers at risk for the sake of making a profit.

Cape Town - Government's all-inclusive Green Economy Accord, signed earlier today, has won the support of its key partners, including the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu).