In President Jacob Zuma's first address to the South African Parliament on the state of the nation this week, he promised to create half a million jobs in the next six months. It would seem this is to ...

Despite the global economic downturn and the country's worst recession, President Jacob Zuma vowed, in his first State of the Nation address, to create half a million jobs in six months, but he ...

Government has set a target of having 80 percent of HIV-positive people in the country on antiretroviral treatment by 2011.

The economic downturn will affect the pace at which South Africa is able to address its social and economic challenges, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.

The full text of President Jacob Zuma's state of the nation address to the South African Parliament, in which he outlines his adminstration's priorities:

President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address has received mixed reaction from political party leaders and organisations.

President Jacob Zuma has called on South Africans to unite in a partnership, working together with government to do more to realise the vision of a better and more prosperous nation.