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Parliament looking to expand public participation

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Cape Town - Parliament is looking at creating a model that will allow the public to have more say in parliamentary processes and will also create rules around MPs missing National Assembly sessions, National Assembly Speaker Max Sisulu said today.

SA to grant special remissions: Zuma

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Pretoria- President Jacob Zuma says special remission of sentence to specific categories of sentenced offenders, probationers and parolees will be granted.

Make the country a success, urges Zuma

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Pretoria- South Africans celebrate Freedom Day in order to ensure that the present does not erase the past, and in order to protect the future, says President Jacob Zuma.

Solution needed in GFIP debate

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Johannesburg - A speedy solution was needed to end the impasse over the implementation of the e-tolling system in Gauteng's main freeways, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Friday.

SA reflects on Freedom Day

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Pretoria- South Africans from all walks of life gathered today at the Union Buildings, 18 years after the first democratic elections were held in South Africa, to reflect on what Freedom Day means to them and what it should mean for future generations.

Zuma honours recipients of National Orders

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma honoured men and women who have made great contributions to South Africa's democracy by bestowing National Orders on them at a ceremony at the Presidential Guesthouse

SA, Saudi Arabia deepen relations

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Pretoria- South Africa and Saudi Arabia have maintained good political, economic and trade relations, established by the bonds of friendship and a commitment to partnership, says International Relations and Co-operation Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim.

Dept to study court judgment on e-tolling

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Pretoria- The Department of Transport says it has noted the judgment handed down by the North Gauteng High Court regarding the implementation of e-tolling on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project road network.

Madiba arrives in Qunu

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Pretoria - The Presidency says former President Nelson Mandela on Tuesday arrived at his home in Qunu in the Eastern Cape.