South Africans, celebrate your heritage!
The Cabinet has called on South Africans to celebrate this year's Heritage Day by taking ownership of the country's diverse liberation heritage, as part of a national effort to build social cohesion and inclusive citizenship.
SA banks outperform global peers
South Africa's four major banks outperformed their Western global peers in several key
areas, including return on equity, in the first half of 2012, says professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
SA police applauded for drop in crime
South Africa's police have been commended for their intelligence gathering and partnerships with business and society, which contributed to the decrease in crimes such as car hijackings and bank robberies in 2011/12.
SA service delivery 'no failure': SAIRR
South African service delivery "failure" is a myth, says the SA Institute of Race
Relations, citing years of research pointing to delivery successes that have seen the
proportion of South Africans living on less than $2 a day declining from 12% in 1994 to
5% in 2012.
SA crush Zim in ICC World Twenty20
South Africa's challenge at the ICC World Twenty20 began with an impressive 10-wicket thrashing of Zimbabwe at Hambantota in Sri Lanka on Thursday, ensuring that AB de Villiers and company will advance beyond the group stages of the tournament.
World heritage in South Africa
Did you know that Table Mountain has more plant species than the British Isles? Or that the Drakensberg has both the highest mountain range in Africa south of Kilimanjaro and the continent's richest concentration of rock art? South Africa is home to eight Unesco World Heritage sites, places of "outstanding value to humanity".