Jobless people have been temporarily employed by the South African Heritage Resources Agency to collect the names of those who died in the liberation struggle.
MPs have taken the independent communications regulator, Icasa, to task for allegedly failing in its task to uphold consumer rights by improving the standard of service of South Africa’s three cellular operators.
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki on Monday promoted husband and wife team, Charles Nqakula and Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
The Democratic Alliance is set on ruffling Western Cape premier and New National Party leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk’s feathers with a giant chicken that will shadow his every public appearance for the next two weeks.
Deputy President Jacob Zuma has ruled out protecting South African farmers in Zimbabwe, saying Pretoria should not interfere in the domestic affairs of other countries.
With the spotlight on South Africa’s security agencies’ ability to prevent terrorism following Wednesday’s bomb blasts near Johannesburg, the National Assembly on Thursday approved four bills to enhance the effectiveness of the intelligence services.
Deputy Minister Aziz Pahad on Thursday stopped short of calling for sanctions against Israel, but said the United Nations should look at ways to intervene more decisively in the Middle East crisis.
MPs and activists opposed to abortion on Tuesday complained that two-day public hearings in Parliament on the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (CTOP Act) was biased and excluded those who did not agree with it.
Nobel laureate and Northern Ireland politician David Trimble drew parallels on Thursday between the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin in the 1930s and Zimbabwe under President Robert Mugabe.
South Africa’s three cellphone operators will be called before Parliament’s communications committee following complaints of poor customer service.