The Democratic Alliance in the KwaZulu-Natal legislature has called for the disbanding of two provincial government departments – the department of public works and sports and recreation. The call comes just hours before the provincial finance MEC Ina Cronje announces her provincial budget today in Pietermaritzburg.

New chief of the Presidency is an outspoken young BEE star with limited ANC history

Wealthy businessman Sandile Zungu will this week be named as head of President Jacob Zuma’s office in the Union Buildings.

The Sunday Times has established that Zuma spoke to Zungu personally to offer him the post of director-general in the presidency, now held by the Rev Frank Chikane.

Cape Town - News24 interviewed ID leader Patricia de Lille on February 26, as part of a series of interviews with the leaders of eight major parties in South Africa. Read an excerpt from the interview in the below transcript, including questions from News24 users.

You can find the article based on this interview here and our video interview with more policy questions not included below here.

THE gulf between the neighbouring communities of Nompumelelo and Beacon Bay in East London might be great, but both areas had similar expectations when they headed to the polls yesterday.

Job creation, crime prevention, housing and basic services are some of the issues both communities are hoping will be addressed by government.

Q&A with the DA on a few front-line issues regarding their environmental resources policies (political ecology). The questionnaire — sent to major political parties — interrogated a number of issues ranging from agriculture and the extractive industries to carbon trading, energy and sustainable economics. Due to limited space, only a handful of responses have been pasted below.

The Congress of the People's (COPE) presidential candidate Dr Mvume Dandala has called on South Africans to vote for his party because it has the moral vision and the will to fight corruption.

Speaking at the Seshego stadium outside Polokwane in Limpopo, where the party wrapped up its election campaign yesterday, Dandala accused the ANC of having betrayed the nation by subjecting it to dishonest and corrupt leaders.

Today, political parties are posed two questions. Here are their answers:

Question 1. The skills deficit in our region needs urgent attention. What do you propose doing to tackle the problems facing tertiary skills centres?

Environmental sustainability means focusing on equality, rather than the relentless pursuit of economic growth.

Human-induced climate change, unless checked, will result in an environmental catastrophe in Africa and a series of crises, from food scarcity to economic collapse.

The City of Cape Town is to spend more than R10 million over the next two years on setting up a unit of specialised drug-sniffing dogs. The city already has its own "Drug Busters" narcotics unit. Properly trained dogs would help the unit to work more efficiently by quickly tracking down illegal substances, unit spokesman councillor Glen Kleinsmith said on Tuesday.

In the largest civic awards ceremony ever hosted by the City of Cape Town, 42 exceptional individuals and organisations were honoured at a prestigious ceremony on Thursday, April 16, 2009.
“Honouring citizens for outstanding contributions to their community has been a longstanding tradition in many cities around the world,” said Mayor Helen Zille.

Since April 2007, the ANC Health and Education Committee has been involved in a major policy review of education, implementing the resolutions of the ANC's 52nd National Conference, held in December 2007. The conference declared education and health major priorities for social transformation for the next five years.

South Africa is immensely honoured that the Dominican Republic has decided to declare the period from 19 to 21 April 2006 as South African week. It is pleasantly fulfilling to learn that our young democracy is recognised and celebrated by progressive countries such as the Dominican Republic.

It is a pleasure to have this opportunity to publicly discuss service delivery milestones of my department and to also reflect on goals for my remaining term of office in the department.

Private sector key to fighting poverty in South Africa - says Sexwale

Johannesburg - Accor Services, the leading international issuer of service vouchers and prepaid solutions, offers Government and Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) a customised solution in the delivery of social benefits to the poor.

 Johannesburg - Cosatu’s demand that pension funds be required to direct a fixed portion of their resources into socially responsible investments (SRIs), voiced last week by general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, was impractical, asset managers told Business Report on Friday.