Govt hails improvement on land reform

Govt hails improvement on land reform

Pretoria – Government says in its Mid Term Review report, released on Friday, in overall at least 6.8 million hectares of land have been transferred to beneficiaries between 1994 and 2011, through its Land Acquisition and Redistribution Programme and the Land...
Four key infrastructure projects launched

Four key infrastructure projects launched

Cape Town – The government is on target with regards to turning South Africa into a “huge construction site” with the launch this week of the fourth Strategic Infrastructure Projects (Sips) since February this year, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday. “We...
Zuma congratulates SKA team

Zuma congratulates SKA team

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has congratulated the Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor and her team for winning the bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope. SKA Organisation announced on Friday that South Africa and Australia are to...
The Defaced Spear

The Defaced Spear

  The Spear by the artist, Brett Murray, has certainly created a fair amount of ink space and public outcry as well as debate. In the end, the defaced painting sold for R136,000 to some German buyer who will have something to discuss at their next tea party....
SA will look to Nigeria for oil

SA will look to Nigeria for oil

Cape Town – With the uncertainty over supply of oil from Iran, South Africa is looking to Nigeria to purchase its oil, the Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said, following the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with the Vice President of Nigeria, Namadi...

Transnet looks to create more jobs

Cape Town – Transnet is looking towards creating at least 200 000 jobs over the next six years, the Minister of Public Enterprises Malusi Gigaba said on Wednesday. Presenting his Budget Vote in Parliament, the minister said Transnet’s total contribution to...