It is often said that transport is the heartbeat of a society and its economy. Every day thousands of trucks traverse our roads with valuable cargo bound for destinations near and far. Millions of…
Government Opinion Pieces
The tolling of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) is not just about building roads and paying for them; it is about investing in our future and building a better country. Last week’s…
Policy uncertainty can have a debilitating effect on a country. On economic matters, it can retard investment as business becomes reluctant to make costly decisions that may soon need to be…
South Africa’s reputation in the G8 has increased over past four years.
Brand South Africa CEO Miller Matola recently pointed out that “we are too hard on ourselves as South Africans”. His…
With every passing day since 1994, life in South Africa has changed for the better. In one important area this change has unfolded before our very eyes.
Our strategic investments in our…
The world's major advanced and developing economies will converge in St Petersburg this week when Russia, as the Group of 20 (G20) Presidency for 2013, will convene the G20 Leaders' Summit…
The release of the annual South African Police Service (SAPS) crime statistics is always followed by a national debate on crime in South Africa, and rightly so. Crime should concern all of us as…
South Africa has been free for the past 19 years, allowing participatory democracy to flourish. Over the years, one of the country’s achievements has been the regular interaction with citizens on…
Since 1994 government has implemented a range of social services to address the country’s triple challenges of poverty, unemployment, and inequality. These services, especially social grants, have…
South Africa is a hive of building activity and it is about to get even busier. Key infrastructure projects will be rolled out over the next seven months in water, transport, energy and education…
Coming from an era marked by land dispossession and the exclusion of a large portion of the South African population from benefitting from commercial fishing, the government recognises the rights…
It is a well-known fact that a country where corruption reigns will fail in its endeavours to create a just and prosperous dispensation for its people. Corruption is not only bad for a government…
The callous murder of two young children last week should serve as a shock to our national psyche. In the first incident, police reported that a passer-by found the body of a half-naked four-year-…
Learning history from books is not for everyone. Text often struggles to adequately capture the emotions, sentiments and finer nuances of significant historic events. Nothing brings the…
The article in The Star newspaper, 10 September 2013: “Over 1 000 state staff moonlighted” is of grave concern to government.
We remain resolute in our commitment to serving the public and…
There will be an unusual silence in classrooms across the country today. The sounds of teaching and learning will come to a halt for a good purpose.
This morning more than 7 million pupils…
There will be an unusual silence in classrooms across the country today. The sounds of teaching and learning will come to a halt for a good purpose.
This morning more than 7 million pupils…
The world's major advanced and developing economies will converge in St Petersburg this week when Russia, as the Group of 20 (G20) Presidency for 2013, will convene the G20 Leaders' Summit…
Fifty years ago Dr Martin Luther King Jrn delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. In it he envisioned a new country where people would "not be…
The role of agriculture as a catalyst for job creation and development is outlined in the National Development Plan (NDP), the country’s road map to the elimination of poverty and reduction of…
