Pretoria – Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele says there is a need to improve infrastructure at border posts to facilitate the smoother transit of people and goods, which would reduce delays and congestion at key border posts. Speaking at the 2012 Read the full story
Mbombela – The Mpumalanga Provincial Government has set aside R2.8 billion for infrastructure projects in the coming financial year, which starts on 1 April. These funds, which were announced during the tabling of the province’s 2012/2013 budget this week, will Read the full story
Pretoria – Government is hoping to sustain between 50 and 100 000 jobs in the construction sector as it rolls out the country’s large scale infrastructure plan announced by President Jacob Zuma during the State of the Nation Address, earlier Read the full story
Durban – The KwaZulu-Natal government has taken a bold step to implement broad-based black economic empowerment – at least 50 percent of all goods and services bought by all provincial departments must now be locally produced and supplied by BBBEE-compliant Read the full story
East London – A R1.3-billion investment by government into three economic zones in the country will breathe life back into the Eastern Cape’s economy. Coega Development Corporation (CDC) marketing and communications manager, Ayanda Vilakazi, said according to the 2012 Estimates Read the full story
Pretoria – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says job creation is a central priority of government. Focusing on government proposals on THE Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) during his Budget Speech on Wednesday, Gordhan said an additional R4.8 billion over the Read the full story
Pretoria – SizweNtsalubaGobodo has been appointed as the first locally grown and black-owned firm to handle the audit account of Transnet, says Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba. Gigaba said the appointment was a major milestone in the transformation of the Read the full story
Bloemfontein – The Free State government has renewed its commitment to job creation and improving education and healthcare in the province. Delivering the State of the Province Address on Thursday, Premier Ace Magashule said the provincial government was set to Read the full story
Pretoria – The green economy must form part of South Africa’s agenda of development and job creation, said President Jacob Zuma. Speaking at the launch of the COP17 flagship solar power plant in Hazelmere in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday, Zuma said Read the full story
Pretoria – A R129 million agreement which is expected to improve the country’s skills development was announced on Friday by Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant. “I take pleasure to announce a commitment of R84-million to fund training which will be conducted Read the full story