Johannesburg – The Gauteng provincial government is employing more than 200 new people with the necessary technical skills to deal with the province’s infrastructure backlogs, it emerged on Sunday. Infrastructure Development MEC Qedani Mahlangu said the new recruits include engineers, Read the full story
Johannesburg – Small businesses have a key role to play in providing opportunities and creating new jobs in emerging economies, the Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies said on Sunday. Speaking at the International Small Business Congress held at Read the full story
Cape Town – A call has been made to South Africans to use Heritage Day to celebrate diversity and to reach outside their comfort zone to discover and embrace other cultures. MPs made this call on Wednesday during a joint Read the full story
Pretoria – Smallholder farmers need support in order to be able to compete on a level playing field with their commercial counterparts, says Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson. Speaking at the national smallholder congress organised by AgriMega Group Read the full story
Pretoria – Pradeep Maharaj has been appointed to the newly-created position of chief operating officer of the Reserve Bank. On Wednesday, the bank said the chief operating office will be responsible for the support services cluster of the bank. Maharaj, Read the full story
Pretoria – The employment of people with disabilities, including sign language interpreters, at police stations needs to be prioritised, says Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa. Making use of sign language interpreters was one way of improving statement-taking at police stations which Read the full story
“If a sensible minister comes and continues to work with the team to change for the better, it should be sustained. Unless someone comes and wants to start over again, then it will be a mess,” she told the media. Read the full story
Cape Town – The Department of Science and Technology is strengthening its support for women academics in a bid to increase the number of women with doctorates and masters degrees and develop more black women academics. Minister of Science and Read the full story
Johannesburg – Hundreds of South Africans turned out to welcome home Team SA who successfully competed in the 2012 London Paralympics. In true SA style, the supporters broke out in song, singing the national anthem as they met the athletes, Read the full story
Pretoria – The Presidency has expressed “disappointment and surprise” at what it calls “the hysteria by some sections of the media” in response to statements made by President Jacob Zuma during the special national conference of the South African Local Read the full story
