South Africa

Pretoria - With just days before the start of the Tourism Indaba in Durban, organisers say they are confident the event will deliver widespread international exposure for the country.

Pretoria – Public Work Minister Thulas Nxesi says his department has taken “firm control” of Prestige projects by centralising them, implementing a new structure and creating a direct reporting line to the Director-General.

Pretoria - The turnaround strategy to rebuild the Department of Public Works is well underway, Minister Thulasi Nxesi told the National Assembly when presenting his 2013/14 Budget Vote Speech on Wednesday.

Pretoria - The Department of Public Works is currently aligning its activities to support the identified goals of the National Development Plan (NDP), Public Works Minister Thulasi Nxesi announced on Wednesday.

Pretoria – Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi says the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) remains an effective part of government’s response to the triple challenge of poverty, unemployment and inequality.

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else can. Sport can awaken hope where there was previously only despair.” These are powerful words spoken by former President Nelson Mandela who believed that sport can transcend race, politics and unite a country.

Pretoria - The upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying clash between Bafana Bafana and the Central African Republic (CAR) has been brought forward to Saturday, 8 June.

Pretoria – Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has commended police on the arrest of nine SAPS officers and seven Home Affairs officials at the Caledon Spoort Border Post in the Free State on Tuesday.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has encouraged South African businesses to invest in Nigeria and the continent so as to promote intra-Africa trade.

Cape Town – South Africa is well on track with the creation of an Assets Register that will for the first time accurately reflect the state’s assets, says Minister of Public Works Thulas Nxesi.

Cape Town – Youth entrepreneurs will have R2.7 billion in funding available to them with the announcement by Minister of Economic Development Ebrahim Patel that the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (Sefa) will put aside R1.7 billion in funding for youth entrepreneurs over the next five years.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Health has warned the public of a scam by a man who is allegedly offering employment at Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in exchange for money.

Pretoria – Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says the targeted matric pass rate of 75% by 2014 is well within reach.

Cape Town – Government’s anti-poverty strategy is helping to remove the obstacles inhibiting equal access to quality education for all children, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga told Parliament on Tuesday.

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma has called for the creation of an African Standby Force which the African Union (AU) can use to deploy rapidly to conflicts on the continent.