South Africa

Pretoria – The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at market prices increased by 3.0 percent during the second quarter of 2013, Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) has announced.

The role of agriculture as a catalyst for job creation and development is outlined in the National Development Plan (NDP), the country’s road map to the elimination of poverty and reduction of inequality.

Pretoria – The South Africa National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has established through independent research that e-tolls will have a minimal effect on the price of food, goods and services.

Pretoria – The Department of Military Veterans has agreed to put measures in place to prevent fraud and criminality in the verification of military veterans as part of creating a credible database.

Pretoria – The City of Ekurhuleni has condemned Monday’s attack on its main office building in Germiston, in which 60 protestors were arrested.

Pretoria – Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu had described excellence as a personal trait that defines ones character.

Pretoria - The terms of reference of the Presidential Remuneration Commission have been finalised and gazetted, President Jacob Zuma said in a reply to a parliamentary question.

Pretoria – As the strike season gets underway, government has called on striking workers to conduct themselves peacefully.

Pretoria - The police in Hoedspruit, Limpopo, have arrested four suspected rhino poachers believed to have been on their way to poach rhinos in the Kruger National Park.

Skukuza - For one week in September, South Africans will once again be allowed to enjoy their natural heritage free of charge.

Pretoria - The North West Department of Health, together with the Basic Education Department, will on Tuesday officially launch the Integrated School Health Programme (ISHP) targeting Grade 0 - 12 learners.

Pretoria - The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) and its stakeholders are monitoring the strike action by the South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu).

Pretoria - South Africa’s Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant and the Chinese Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, Yin Weimin, have pledged to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in labour market and social security development.

Pretoria - The Barolong Boo Mariba Traditional Council says it will profitably use the six farms it has received as part of the land that was taken from them through the notorious 1913 Natives’ Land Act.

Pretoria - The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has put in place a new toll free number to assist and save its beneficiaries costs when calling the UIF call centre.