Cape Town - South Africa will spend billions of rands over the coming years on new infrastructure, with the government to focus on building rail, road, and economic links in five regions in the country and building new universities and refurbishing hospitals, President Jacob Zuma said in his State of the Nation Address this evening.
Pretoria - Government's interventions in the fight against poverty and inequality and to keep learners in school seem to be paying off, says President Jacob Zuma.
Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma says signs were starting to emerge that South Africa was winning the war against unemployment.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has asked electricity parastatal Eskom to look into alternatives of reducing its price increase requirements from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa).
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma had good news for people who are struggling to secure finance for housing during his State of the Nation Address on Thursday.
Pretoria - Despite recent successes, government will guard itself against becoming complacent in the fight against crime, President Jacob Zuma has assured South Africans.
Pretoria - Mmatsheko Pine from the Ngobi area in Hammanskraal will be pleased to know that the President has answered her call and help is on the way to fix the water problem in her area.
Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma has announced that government will this year undertake and continue with heritage projects in the country as part of promoting social cohesion.
Cape Town - Interventions implemented in provinces to improve governance systems and administration will continue, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
Pretoria - The Department of Health and Social Development in Limpopo says it is winning the fight against malaria in the province.
Pretoria - Land redistribution in South Africa has been slow at only 8% of the government's target of 30% by 2014, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
Cape Town - While the country is doing well with regard to treatment and the prevention of mother- to- child transmission, President Jacob Zuma has called for the acceleration of the prevention of HIV and Aids.
Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma's announcement on Thursday that more jobs were created in the economy last year has been widely welcomed.
Pretoria - Doctors are satisfied with the progress being made by former President Nelson Mandela, says the Presidency.
Cape Town - South Africa has the money to spend on the infrastructure projects in the five regions outlined by President Jacob Zuma in his State of the Nation Address tonight, the Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan said.
