Team SA named for London Paralympics 2012

Pretoria – South Africa’s Olympic governing body SASCOC on Wednesday announced a star-studded team which will travel to the 2012 London Paralympic Games later this year. The team is only slightly down on the 66 athletes that travelled to the 2008 Beijing...
SA to invest $2bn in IMF

SA to invest $2bn in IMF

Pretoria – South Africa has committed to invest $2 billion of its reserves to the International Monetary Fund’s firewall fund, the Presidency said on Tuesday. “Along with fellow members of the G20, South Africa announced in Los Cabos today that it is committed...
94+ Projects for Madiba

94+ Projects for Madiba

Pretoria – Cabinet has called on all South Africans to support the 94+ Projects for Madiba campaign aimed at celebrating former President Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday and his legacy by improving infrastructure in 94 schools across the country. Madiba will once...
Phelophepa to reach 10000 patients

Phelophepa to reach 10000 patients

Mbombela – Six thousand more people in Mpumalanga are expected to be checked or treated for illnesses on the Phelophepa health train. Transnet Phelophepa Clinic train manager, Thabisile Makhaye, said more than 4 000 people had already been treated since the...
Vehicles sales surge in May

Vehicles sales surge in May

Pretoria – Vehicle sales surged in May, rising by 20.7% to 50 229 from 41 625 units in May 2011, the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) said. The 20.7% growth was above the growth rate in industry total sales of 9.4% for...