by gbsaadmin | Nov 20, 2012 | Crime, Education, Featured, News
Pretoria – Offender labour will soon be utilised more often to revamp and furnish schools in South Africa, the Correctional Services Minister, Sibusiso Ndebele, has announced. “We are currently in discussions with the Department of Basic Education to...
by gbsaadmin | Nov 19, 2012 | Crime, Environment, Featured, News
Pretoria – The North West provincial government is considering asking the South African National Defence Force to assist in overcoming the scourge of rhino poaching, Premier Thandi Modise says. Modise’s statement follows the killing of seven rhinos at a...
by gbsaadmin | Nov 16, 2012 | Business, Europe, Featured, Ireland, News
Cape Town – Ireland is emerging from its economic slump and views Africa as a continent that will become an economic giant in years to come, says Joe Costello TD, Minister of State for Trade and Development in Ireland. Speaking at a joint media briefing on...
by gbsaadmin | Nov 13, 2012 | Featured, News
Pretoria – The Home Affairs Ministry has noted the decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal, on Monday, to reserve judgement on the appeal brought by the IFP and COPE on the matter of the Dalai Lama. “Government opposed the application brought by...
by gbsaadmin | Oct 25, 2012 | Featured, News, Views
“The people in our townships, rural areas and squatter camps are bitter [that] democracy has not delivered the fruits that they see a tiny elite enjoying,” says a disenchanted longstanding leader of the South African liberation movement, Jay Naidoo. “Many of the...
by gbsaadmin | Oct 23, 2012 | Business, Environment, Featured, News
Pretoria – Government cannot talk about improving food security without referring to land reform, President Jacob Zuma told members of the African Farmers Association of South Africa (AFASA) at a gala dinner on Monday. “In 2009, we made a commitment to transfer...