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IEC relocates to Results Operation Centre

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Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will relocate from their offices at Election House in Sunnyside, to the Results Operation Centre (ROC) at the Tshwane Events Centre ahead of the General Elections.

IEC reassures of free, fair elections

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Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has reassured Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi that the 2009 General Elections will be as transparent as possible.

Strategy needed to ensure women study science

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Pretoria - Interventions are needed to ensure more women study to become scientists and that they are able to progress through the system, says Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor.

Upcoming sport bonanza, boost for SA

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Pretoria - The feast of sporting events that South African sport lovers will get a chance to revel in over the next few months will showcase the country as a venue of choice for hosting international sporting events.

Dlamini Zuma expresses her support for Semenya

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Pretoria - Minister of Home Affairs Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma is proud of gold-medallist Caster Semenya for triumphing despite the controversy surrounding her gender.

Dept disputes reports of vote buying

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Pretoria - The Department of Social Development says a recent newspaper report alleging that government was collaborating with a political party to provide the poor with food parcels to get votes, was false.

Zuma demands hands-on approach to economic integration

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Pretoria - While traditional international partners remain important for Africa's economic development, Southern African countries need to engage more "proactively" with emerging economies of the south, says President Jacob Zuma.

Civil society can contribute to health rights

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Johannesburg - Civil society has a critical role to play in fostering an environment that promotes and protects health rights, says Deputy Health Minister Gwen Ramakgopa.

Minister urges SA to grab 2010 opportunity

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Johannesburg - Arts and Culture Minister Lulu Xingwana has urged South Africans to take advantage of the infrastructure and economic legacy that will be left after the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Young people to give back to their communities

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Joblessness, illiteracy, lack of skills, poverty and lack of access to water and electricity: These are just some of the grim realities facing young rural people today.

Gauteng authorities on war path against nyaope

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Pretoria – As the consumption of the dangerous concoction known on the streets as nyaope, continues to wreak havoc in communities, authorities in South Africa’s most populous province are turning their collective attention towards getting the newcomer on the dealer’s block officially classified as an illegal drug.

Limpopo MEC to meet with his employees

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Polokwane - A Limpopo MEC is taking a week out of his schedule to visit employees around the province to find out how service delivery can be improved.