Pretoria

Pretoria chef clinches top honour at Foodie Oscars

Pretoria chef Chantel Dartnall, of Mosaic Restaurant, has scooped top honours at the 2009 Prudential Eat Out Chef of the Year award. The annual awards ceremony, held on Sunday night at the Westin Grand Hotel in Cape Town, is...

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Cook to remain in Pretoria

Opener Alastair Cook will remain in Pretoria while the remainder of the ODI squad fly to Cape Town on Monday to continue the series with South Africa. Cook is suffering with a bulging disc in his back, and England have decided...

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Breakdown: Deputy min orders 2 new cars

Johan Eybers Pretoria – Taxpayers had to pay R1.1m after the deputy minister of trade and industry's four-year-old Mercedes-Benz E35 broke down. Thandi Tobias-Pokolo used the opportunity to order two new official cars – a...

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Jivan Keshavjee, Habib Chagan and the Ismaili community of Pretoria

Excerpt: The community of Ismaili Shia Muslims to which Miriam and Habib belonged was small but very enterprising. Its founder, Jivan Keshavjee, had arrived in Pretoria in 1894, about the time the Coolie Location was set aside...

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SAfrica plans new nuclear power station by 2020

PRETORIA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - South Africa, plagued by chronic power shortages, plans to have the country's new nuclear power plant up and running by 2020, Energy Minister Dipuo Peters told a nuclear conference on Friday.

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South Africa: Govt Will Not Tolerate Attacks on Foreign Nationals - Gigaba

Pretoria — Home Affairs Deputy Minister, Malusi Gigaba, has reiterated that government will not tolerate any form of violent attack on people from other countries. He said South Africans should also refrain from stereotyping...

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Govt to Launch 16 Days of Activism on Monday

Pretoria — Government's 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children campaign will be launched at the Union Buildings on Monday. The campaign is expected to be launched with the lighting of the Torch of Peace...

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Motorists Urged to Slow Down in Wet, Rainy Weather

Pretoria — Motorists across the country have been warned to drive with care and reduce their speed with the cold and wet weather expected to persist throughout the weekend. The South African Weather Services (SAWS) said on...

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Thousands Scramble as Tax Deadline Looms

Pretoria — Thousands of taxpayers are this afternoon scrambling to file their tax returns ahead of the deadline. So far, more than 3.3 million people have submitted their tax returns this year. South African Revenue Services...

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Heavy rains continue throughout Gauteng

Pretoria has joined Johannesburg in issuing flood warnings, as steady rain continues in Gauteng. The Tshwane Community Safety department says it's on high alert for cases of flooding. Spokesperson, Console Tleane, says three...

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