Pretoria – The Justice Department is working on a model to ensure that the legal work dished out by government is spread out to include the services of black lawyers and women, says Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Jeff Radebe. Read the full story
Cape Town – Government has reiterated its commitment to improve the quality of life for rural people across the country. As part of its “zero-hunger programme”, more than one million beneficiaries are accessing food through current food distribution initiatives. Social Read the full story
Pretoria – The newly launched Early Childhood Development (ECD) awareness campaign has started bearing fruit, with more than 200 new centres being registered with thousands of children receiving subsidies. Launched in June this year by the Department of Social Development, Read the full story
Pretoria – The South African economy’s Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted to 1.3% in the second quarter of 2011, the slowest rate in almost a year. “Real GDP at market prices increased by 1.3% during the second quarter of Read the full story
Cape Town – Thousands of people living in rural Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal have benefited from a government initiative that makes tractors and tractor drivers available free of charge to emerging farmers, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Tina Joemat-Pettersson Read the full story
Pretoria – State owned enterprises (SOEs) should assist in achieving transformation measures that will help black accountants, says Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba. “State owned companies are crucial enablers for economic activity. They must enable government to achieve its socio-economic Read the full story
Polokwane – President Jacob Zuma has commended the country’s progress in addressing gender imbalances and emancipation of women, saying the country has made great strides to improve the status of women since attaining democracy in 1994. “Advances have been made Read the full story
Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma has told a Cosatu meeting underway that government was concerned about the growing unemployment in South Africa vowing his administration will work “faster” to build the type of economy that will enable South Africa Read the full story
South Africa’s R9-billion Jobs Fund, which aims to help the government create 150 000 jobs over the next three years, is now accepting applications from companies and non-governmental organisations with innovative job-creation projects. Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan told Read the full story
National Empowerment Fund (NEF), the government agency set up to provide capital for black economic empowerment transactions, has contributed almost R700-million toward economic transformation in the country since its formation in 1998, while its capital reserves now stand at about Read the full story