South Africa

Durban – South Africa’s top emerging tourism entrepreneurs have been selected for the 2013 Emerging Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year Awards (ETEYA) competition.

Durban - Minister of Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk has launched the Lilizela awards which recognise excellence across the tourism industry.

Durban - KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Economic Development and Tourism Mike Mabuyakhulu has made a strong case for the Tourism Indaba to be hosted in Durban permanently.

Cape Town - It was the last thing that they’d expected, a Cabinet Minister, who understood their pain and apprehension about their children’s future, not because she’s a woman, but because she’s a mother of a bipolar child.

Pretoria - Members of the Limpopo police provincial tracking team has arrested three most wanted armed robbers who have been terrorising the community of Mashashane and the surrounding villages.

Pretoria - Police in Limpopo have re-arrested a Sangoma, 57 whose case of making a 13-year-old girl his second wife was withdrawn in January earlier this year.

Pretoria - As the country celebrates Mother’s Day today, North West Premier Thandi Modise said mothers are God’s greatest gift to mankind.

Pretoria - In an effort to mark 20 years of freedom and democracy, the Tourism industry is planning a celebration of 20 years of tourism in the months leading up to Freedom Day on April 27, next year.

Pretoria - The South African film industry contributes R3.5 billion annually to the country’s Gross Domestic Product, Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile announced on Friday.

Pretoria - The City of Tshwane has come out to explain their internal investigations into the alleged involvement of their metro police officers accused of escorting Gupta wedding guests from Waterkloof Air Force Base to Sun City in the North West.

Pretoria – The City of Johannesburg has made food resilience and agricultural development a priority to ensure that no one goes hungry, said Executive Mayor Parks Tau.

Cape Town – South Africa is a promising investment destination, business executives from companies from around the world said on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa, which ends today in the city.

Pretoria - Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Obed Bapela, has called on Parliament to restart the process of establishing a television and radio service.

Pretoria - The Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Agrarian Reform will on Monday, May 13, embark on a series of public hearings on the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Bill (SPLUMB).

Pretoria – The City of Johannesburg says it has improved its ability to collect revenue and has drastically reduced the number of unresolved queries on its billing system.