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President Jacob Zuma met with local musicians and artists on Tuesday to report back on how government was addressing the challenges they had raised in an earlier meeting.
Retired nurses in Limpopo have been invited to a two-day nursing indaba to help their active peers to improve the quality of healthcare in the province.
Deputy Transport Minister Jeremy Cronin has welcomed yet another fraudulent driving licence syndicate bust, which brings the number of fraudulent licence breakthroughs to three in the past week alone.
The Johannesburg Roads Agency says that the roads in and around the city will be of a world class standard ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Illegal crossings along the Mpumalanga international borderline is a major security concern for South Africa, says Community Safety, Security and Liaison MEC Sibongile Manana.
Bafana Bafana is anticipated to return hope to South African football enthusiasts as the national team takes on the South American side, Jamaica tonight in Bloemfontein.
Fearing a resurgence of xenophobic attacks, around 2,500 Zimbabwean migrants have taken refuge in government buildings in De Doorns, a farming town about 140km from Cape Town, South Africa, after some of their shacks in an informal settlement were attacked and demolished, said a police official.
The Health Department's claim of a massive jump in deaths in 2008 is unlikely, according to experts
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has called on the Heads of State attending the World Food Summit in Rome to act decisively to address food security challenges facing the world.
Scores of De Doorns residents, most of them farmworkers, ripped down shacks belonging to Zimbabweans this morning, accusing them of "stealing our jobs".
BRUSHING off accusations that its investment is denuding Africa of precious natural resources, China has pledged to help African countries overcome poverty and fight new threats like climate change, which scientists predict is likely to seriously affect the continent.
SA's neighbours, particularly Botswana, are gaining substantial market share in Zimbabwe at SA's expense, South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Neren Rau warned yesterday.
THE alleged reluctance of the Central Methodist Church to facilitate the relocation of refugee children living in the institution has set the church against the Gauteng legislature.
The City of Joburg has decided to close the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system's inner-city routes for the time-being, due to a number of challenges.
SA SHOULD strive for a target of 25% renewable energy contribution to consumption by 2025, according to Irish wind energy developer Mainstream Renewable Power's CEO, Eddie O'Connor.
THE outcome of the past weekend's alliance summit gives a good indication of how SA will be governed for the next three to seven years of the Jacob Zuma presidency. And the outlook is not as bad as some of the wild rhetoric of the past few months might have suggested.
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has insisted he will not give the go-ahead for any new gambling activity until he has seen the results of an impact-assessment study now under way.
THE University of Johannesburg's (UJ's) goal of raising its throughput rate from 76% to 78% next year would be an "uphill challenge" because of the change in students that has come from the new curriculum, vice-chancellor Ihron Rensburg said this week.
FORMER Eskom chairman Bobby Godsell yesterday declined an invitation to return to the utility, dealing a heavy blow to the government and to Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan in particular.
The South African Embassy in Paris says it was not responsible for sourcing the singer that rendered the national anthem prior to the Springboks' 20-13 defeat to France, in Toulouse.
The draw for next year's Soccer World Cup taking place on December 4 in Cape Town - is likely to give hoteliers in the inner city a boost after the Mother City's gloomiest winter season in many years.
South African refugee rights group, PASSOP, has laid an official complaint against insurance giant Old Mutual, saying the group needs to show its support for the human rights of Zimbabweans by severing certain business ties in the country.
MDC-T has fired its South African executive amid allegations of misappropriation of funds and abuse of resources among other issues.
Residents of Table View north of Cape Town are furious with the city for allowing a taxi rank to operate on Blaauwberg Road outside the Bayside Mall.
As the spirit of the 2010 FIFA World Cup continues among soccer fans, the South African Football Association (SAFA) has launched its official mascot called DISKI.
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