“South Africa has made many advances in promoting gender and reproductive health rights in the past 20 years, but more still needs to be done.”

The Minister of Social Development, Bathabile Dlamini, has urged officials and experts from Brazil, Russia,...

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has announced a massive expenditure plan that will be anchored by the National Development Plan (NDP).

Tabling the 2014 Budget in Parliament on 26 February, Minister Gordhan announced that government’s spending would be...

The more we tell the good story of the success of our country, the more we realise how much more
we still have to share with the country and the world.

“Our message has been loud and clear. Twenty years of freedom and democracy have changed the...

• Budget deficit (consolidated budget) of 4% of gross domestic product (GDP) expected for 2013/14 and 2014/15 (R153.1billion), narrowing to 2,8% in 2016/17 (medium term budget projections). The figures for the main budget (before extra-ordinary items) are higher.
  
  
• Debt...
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South Africa, as a valued and respected member of the international community, is a very popular destination for diplomats. The country houses the second-largest number (315) of diplomatic representation accredited to any capital after Washington DC.

The...

The 2014 SoNA will be delivered on 13 February at 19:00, as has been the case for the past years.

The President of the Republic of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, will deliver his SoNA to Parliament on Thursday, 13 February 2014.

African heads of state gathered for the AU Summit continued to debate the implementation of the African Immediate Crisis Response Capacity (AICRC), with the majority of countries said to be in favour of the initiative.

South Africa will continue to...