“In the next five years, we will continue to promote the quest for African solutions for African problems.”

South Africa will continue to lend a hand to African institutions to ensure that the dream of a better Africa is realised, President Jacob Zuma...

“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...

Honourable Speaker of the National Assembly,

Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces;

Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP;
Deputy President of the Republic, Honourable Kgalema...