Growth and Democracy
SA’s women power ahead
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- 26 August 2008
South Africa is making great gains in the economic liberation of women – a precedent set over half a century ago and today supported by all facets of our democratic government.
School for Africa's future leaders
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- 25 August 2008
An elite new high school about to open near Johannesburg is to groom a remarkable group of youngsters from across Africa to be the continent's future leaders, with a strong emphasis on understanding African issues.
Unesco lauds SA literacy project
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- 14 August 2008
The 2008 Unesco Confucius Prize for literacy, a prestigious annual award given to organisations that make exceptional strides in increasing literacy, has been awarded to South African NGO Operation Upgrade.
A toast to educational success
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- 12 August 2008
The University of South Africa, one of the world's largest distance-learning institutions, has adopted the innovative Freedom Toaster to electronically distribute educational material to its hundreds of thousands of students.
HIV in South Africa stabilising
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- 01 August 2008
South Africa’s HIV infection rate is levelling off, according to the latest Joint UN Programme on HIV and Aids report, released in late July 2008.
SA sharpens attack on poverty
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- 29 July 2008
South Africans are set to benefit from strong government action against crime and poverty. President Thabo Mbeki announced a new nationwide initiative on 27 July 2008.
SA judge UN Human Rights head
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- 28 July 2008
South African judge Navanethem Pillay has been named by the United Nations Secretary-General as the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
