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Mbeki calls for improvement of workers’ conditions

Calls went out on May 1 — Workers’ Day — around South Africa, for better conditions of employment, more jobs, transformation and the eradication of poverty. However, foremost in…

Rights group says Pretoria zoo gorillas should go

An animal rights group on Tuesday accused South Africa of breaching international conventions by sheltering four young gorillas in a Pretoria zoo. It would seem the gorillas…

Buthelezi rewards party faithful

Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Sunday handed out certificates to party members in KwaZulu-Natal who remained loyal to him during the floor-crossing window…

BAE denies it paid for Modise’s cars

BAE Systems plc did not give former South African defence minister Joe Modise two motor vehicles, and funding of the Umkhonto we Sizwe Veterans’ Association was all above board,…

Iscor strike set to spread

The strike at Iscor plants is likely to spread as workers in related industries get set to strike in sympathy, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa said on Wednesday.

‘We are all Africans’

”This is how I survive — selling rosary beads,” volunteered Cornelius Monaheng as he traipsed up and down the steps of the Johannesburg Stadium in the midst of the multi-cultural…