Pretoria – Deputy Health Minister Dr Gwen Ramokgopa says South Africa is maturing in terms of its capability to accommodate and provide for children with disabilities. “We are all obliged to respect their rights. If we believe that our humanity 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
Johannesburg – The South African Paralympic team was treated to a heroes’ send-off from hundreds of supporters at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport as they departed for the 2012 London Paralympic Games on Tuesday. Speaking to SAnews, Sports Minister Fikile Read the full story
Cape Town – A multi-pronged approach, rather than one single measure, is needed to tackle youth unemployment, the Minister of Economic Development Ebrahim Patel said on Thursday, during a noisy and lively debate in Parliament on the youth wage subsidy. Read the full story
Johannesburg – Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says there is a need for the Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) sector to transform, particularly in matters of governance. Speaking at the National NPO Summit on Wednesday, Dlamini said they could ill-afford to have Read the full story
Pretoria – While South Africa has made significant progress in job creation, the country still has a while to go before reaching its target, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe. He was responding to a Parliamentary question in the National Assembly Read the full story
Pretoria – The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) says the implementation of the new Guideline Tariffs for medical and dental services will serve to protect the public and guide healthcare practitioners on the rendering of accounts in terms Read the full story
Pretoria – The safety and security of women in the mining sector will top the agenda when the Mineral Resources Department convenes its Women’s Month lekgotla on Thursday and Friday. The Women-in-Mining Lekgotla will be hosted in Boksburg under the Read the full story
When Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma spoke to a crowd of international journalists about her election as the new Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), she shrugged aside the praise and admiration that had followed her since the Read the full story
Kanana Park – Timred Jabaza has been waiting 22 years for a decent home – but on Friday his long wait finally came to an end when President Jacob Zuma handed him the key to his new, fully furnished two-bedroom Read the full story