Pretoria – North West Premier Thandi Modise says much still needs to be done to ensure that women dominate senior positions in the public service. Speaking at the Public Service Women Management Meeting held at Mahikeng Hotel School on Tuesday, Read the full story
Johannesburg – Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu says the root causes of the Marikana tragedy must be urgently addressed to prevent the recurrence of such an incident. Speaking at the New Age/SABC breakfast briefing in Johannesburg this morning, Shabangu said Read the full story
By Ntsako Mbhokota Limpopo fights hunger with Moringa oilifere, an African indegenous nutritious plant with healing properties. Hard at work behind this project are the women of Tooseng village headed by Woman Entreprenuer of the Year 2010, Mrs Mavis Mathabatha. Read the full story
Cape Town – Improving economic support for women is not an act of charity, but is a way to ensure more growth and development, the Minister of Economic Development Ebrahim Patel said on Thursday. “There’s an economic argument for gender Read the full story
Cape Town – Bilateral trade between South Africa and its Brics partners grew substantially last year – powered by significant increases in trade and exports between the country and China and India, the Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies Read the full story
Cape Town – The development of a single-dose anti-malarial drug by the University of Cape Town (UCT) could help Africa and the world tackle a disease which claims almost a million lives a year, the Minister of Science and Technology Read the full story
Pretoria – South Africa’s real gross domestic product at market prices increased by 3.2% in the second quarter of 2012, up from 2.7% in the first quarter, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Tuesday. Stats SA said the contributors Read the full story
The National Empowerment Fund (NEF), the agency of the dti mandated to grow black economic empowerment in South Africa, has signed an agreement with the Black Business Council (BBC), a coalition of black business associations, which will see the BBC Read the full story
Pretoria – Investment in South Africa’s water resources needs to double in the next 10 years if the country is to meet the growing demand, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said on Monday. “It’s going to require a Read the full story
Pretoria – The Gauteng Provincial Government departments have spent R18 billion in the first quarter of 2012, the provincial treasury said in its Revenue, Expenditure and Cash Flow Report. “This expenditure amounts to approximately 26% of the 2012/2013 provincial budget Read the full story