Cape Town - Spending on education has once again remained high on government's priorities with Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday announcing an allocation of more than R189 billion to the sector, up by 9.7 percent as compared to last year.
Cape Town - The State's old age and disability grants will rise by between R20 and R60 to up to R1 160 a month while the child support grant will increase from R250 to R260 in April.
Cape Town - Government is to spend more than R10 billion in the next year on restoring the country's transport infrastructure, which will include an improvement of national and provincial roads and the ailing rail network system.
Cape Town - Government will in the next year pump billions of rands into the country's fight against crime with more than R2 billion set aside to increase police personnel from the current 190 000 to 202 260 in 2014.
Pretoria - Banyana Banyana will use their international friendly against Zimbabwe on 22 December as part of their preparations for their 2011 campaign which includes key London 2012 Olympic qualifying fixtures.
Cape Town - Fighting corruption and fraud in the public service remains high on the agenda of government, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday, as he warned that the state will not tolerate losing billions of Rands in maladministration.
Midrand - In what has been described as a historic day for the country, South Africa launched its national space agency on Thursday.
Pretoria - The country has a new slogan which has been approved by Cabinet.
Pretoria - Cabinet has decided to lodge an appeal against the state in the matter between SANDU and the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Lindiwe Sisulu, Collins Chabane the Minister in the Presidency responsible for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation said.
Cape Town - South Africa is in a welcomed economic position, the Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan, said in his Budget Speech on Wednesday, as he unveiled a budget of R979.3 billion.
Cape Town - The burgeoning economic growth of Africa and the Bric countries represent an "epoch-changing" shift in the global economy and an opportunity for South Africa, the Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan said in his Budget Speech in Parliament on Wednesday.
Cape Town - The government and state-owned enterprises will spend more than R800 billion over the next three years on new power stations, road networks, dams and water supply pipelines, rail and ports facilities, schools, hospitals and government buildings, the Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan has revealed in his Budget Speech.
Pretoria - Abused women and children now have one more place to turn to, with the Tshwane One Stop Safe House officially opening its doors to those in need today.
Cape Town - Government has set aside over R8 billion from the Health Department's budget of R113 billion towards boosting hospital facilities that will see the phasing in of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHI).
Cape Town - Banks could be in for a tougher time when it comes to the fees they charge businesses and individuals, with the National Treasury's proposal to broaden the mandate of the Financial Services Board (FSB) to include regulation of market conduct by banks.
