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Repo rate remains unchanged

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Pretoria - South Africans will be disappointed that the streak of interest rate cuts over the past few months has come to an end, with the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) announcing that the repo rate will remain unchanged.

Campaign to prevent child deaths

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Pretoria - The Department of Health will embark on a campaign aimed at promoting immunisation in an attempt to curb child deaths.

Top award for Centre for Public Service Innovation

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Pretoria - The Centre for Public Service Innovation (CPSI), focused on promoting service delivery in the public sector, has been honoured with a prestigious award courtesy of the United Nations.

Deputy Minister inspects construction sites

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Johannesburg - Deputy Minister of Public Works Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu on Sunday visited construction projects at a correctional facility and a police station to check on the progress made.

Bafana Bafana's performance on track - Coach Santana

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Johannesburg - Bafana Bafana Coach, Joel Santana, affirmed that despite losing 1-nil to Brazil in the FIFA Confederations Cup semifinal last night, his team was in a transitional phase in improving its game.

Soccer fans to use semi-luxury, inter-city buses in 2010

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Pretoria - Scores of soccer supporters who will descend on South Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and locals alike, will have the pleasure of traveling across the host cities using semi-luxury and inter-city buses.

Police move to swoop on violent crime

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Pretoria - The Tshwane Metro Police Department is to partner with the South African Police Service in a bid to gain control over the recent surge in violent crimes in the capital city.

Madagascan parties to meet in Mozambique

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Madagascar - Madagascar's various political parties have agreed to get together in Mozambique in early August, in a bid to find a solution to the political crisis in the Indian Ocean island country.

Cabinet to await full Madonsela probe

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Pretoria - Justice Minister Jeff Radebe and Cabinet Secretary Cassius Lubisi have met with Public Protector Thuli Madonsela over her findings on the controversial police headquarters lease agreement, it was confirmed on Thursday.

Against all odds

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As a white lawyer in an apartheid South Africa, veteran Constitutional Court Judge and author Albie Sachs knew that to fight and defeat the oppressive system, he had to take advantage of his skin colour, writes Chris Bathembu.