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Motshekga has one month to set up school norms – EE

Equal Education (EE) is giving Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga another month to promulgate norms and standards for school infrastructure, it said on Friday. "The one-month extension will...

SA: Darek Hanekom: Address by the Minister of Science and Technology, on the occasion of the Science and Technology Budget Debate, National Assembly, Parliament, Cape Town (16/05/2013)

SPEECH

Science and technology are rarely the first things one thinks of when one talks about our major challenges as a nation, and few people fully appreciate the toil and investment that goes into the...

Eskom awards 46 wind-turbine contract for Sere wind farm

RENEWABLE ENERGY

State-owned electricity group Eskom has awarded technology group Siemens the contract to supply 46 wind turbines to its 100 MW Sere wind farm project, which is being developed on a 3 700 ha site...

ICASA: Statement by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, on the status of the subscription Broadcasting Service, Primary and Secondary Markets Licensing processes (16/05/2013)

STATEMENT

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa hereby notifies all interested stakeholders, applicants and media that the Authority is currently finalising the analysis of applications,...

SA: Statement by the Department of Environmental Affairs, update on rhino poaching statistics (15/05/2013)

STATEMENT

Four people were arrested for poaching in the Kruger National Park during the past week as the total number of rhino killed for their horns increased to 313 nationally. The latest arrests in the...

SA: Joe Phaahla: Address by the Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, during the Arts and Culture Budget Vote 2013/14, National Assembly, Parliament, Cape Town (16/05/2013)

SPEECH

Six days ago on 10 May 2013 we celebrated 19 years since President Nelson Mandela took the oath office as the first President of a democratic South Africa. This was the beginning of the...

SA: Statement by Statistics South Africa, on Mid-year population estimates for 2013 (14/05/2013)

STATEMENT

South Africa’s population size grew to 52.98 million, according to the latest Statistics SA (Stats SA) mid-year population estimates. This is a growth of just over one million people since the...

SA: Dipuo Peters: Address by the Minister of Energy, at the Energy Department Budget Vote 2013/14, Parliament, Cape Town (14/05/2013)

SPEECH

Our first democratically elected President, Dr Nelson Mandela once said, “For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of...

DA: Statement by Helen Zille, Democratic Alliance Leader, on naming education’s elephant in the room (14/05/2013)

STATEMENT

While “Guptagate” dominated the news over the past two weeks, the release of one of the most important reports in two decades of democracy went almost unnoticed.

Spare the rod: why we need to stop corporal punishment

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

The results of the National School Violence Study (NCVS) of 2012 tell us at least one important thing: South Africa is not making progress in reducing violence in schools. The study, conducted by...

SA: Statement by the North West Office of the Premier, on citizens' access to information (13/05/2013)

STATEMENT

A team from the Department of Public Service and Administration is in the North West Province to monitor citizens’ access to information in line with Batho Pele Revitalisation Strategy. The team...

SA: Statement by Public Protector South Africa, Thuli Madonsela conferred with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree (12/05/2013)

STATEMENT

Public Protector Adv Thuli Madonsela was on Friday conferred with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during the University of Fort Hare’s 2013 graduation ceremony in East London, Eastern Cape....

Long-delayed peaker projects to reach financial close ‘next week’

ELECTRICITY GENERATION

A high-level Department of Energy (DoE) official has reported that the long-delayed open-cycle gas turbine (OCGT), or peaker plants, will reach financial closure during May. Speaking on the...

IFP: Statement by Petros Sithole, IFP Spokesperson on Human Settlements, on illegal occupation of RDP houses in the Eastern Cape (09/05/2013)

STATEMENT

The on-goingprotests of Duncan village residents in the Eastern Cape over their illegal occupation of RDP houses is a clear indication that this issue could soon spiral out of control.

SA: Statement by the Department of Human Settlements, on the Finance Linked Individual Subsidy Programme launched by Minister Sexwale (09/05/2013)

STATEMENT

A R14,6 million Finance Linked Individual Subsidy Programme (FLISP) was today launched by Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale fulfilling one of President Jacob Zuma’s priorities announced in...

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