For Africa to embark on a higher growth and development trajectory, it must find ways of encouraging foreign investment in information and communication technology while developing its own ICT skills and infrastructure, says President Kgalema Motlanthe. Motlanthe was addressing the inaugural ICT Indaba at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Tuesday. The three-day event, [...]

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 Motlanthe; Former Deputy President FW De Klerk, Former Deputy President Baleka Mbete, Honourable Chief Justice of the Republic, and all esteemed members of [...]

President Jacob Zuma presents the State of the Nation Address (SoNA) to a joint sitting of Parliament at 19:00 on Thursday, 9 February 2012. President Zuma invites South Africans to submit comments that they would like him to consider mentioning in the Address. Submit your comments using: the President’s personal Twitter account @SAPresident , or by using #PresidentSona [...]

President Jacob Zuma wishes to congratulate all the matriculants who sat for their National Senior Certificates examinations in 2011 and has hailed the ascending pass rate as a step in the right direction. President Jacob Zuma would like to further give special acknowledgment to those who demonstrated outstanding performance in various subjects last year. A [...]

From the moment Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela strode out of prison on the 11th of February 1990, we knew that South Africa would be a different place. People across the globe were mesmerised by his wisdom, humility, patriotism and his capacity to forgive. He showed us that despite the divisive racial oppression and hardships that this [...]

The national transport department on Monday honoured anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela by awarding a road safety scholarship in his great-granddaughter’s name. The Zenani Mandela road safety scholarship was awarded to Sianne Abrahams, 29, to carry forward the ethos and values of the Mandela family, Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele said in a speech prepared for delivery [...]

President Jacob Zuma will for the first time participate in the third BRICS Leaders’ Summit from 14 to 15 April 2011 in Beijing, China. South Africa joined the important bloc of emerging economies in December 2010, in line with the country’s foreign policy to strengthen South-South relations. Discussions will centre on strengthening economic and trade [...]