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Last-minute wrangling at the Competition Tribunal hearing into the Walmart-Massmart merger on Tuesday has led to the postponement of the hearing.
South Africa’s Mining Ministry said on Tuesday it would review a decision to award a new prospecting right in Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen Mine.
SA’s power regulator on Thursday granted Eskom a 31,3% tariff rise for the 2009-10 financial year, falling just short of the firm’s request for 34%.
Vodacom may have listed successfully on the JSE on Monday, but on Tuesday the spotlight was on its annual results.
Good show that we’re back. The summer break throws those of us in tertiary education into a humid hiatus where nothing happens.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo won the best traditional world music album at the 2009 Grammy Awards on Sunday for their album <em>Ilembe</em>.
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=zuma_report"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/243078/zuma.jpg" align=left border=0></a>African National Congress…
Gauteng municipalities are switching off their lights to help prevent load-shedding. All 14 municipalities in the province on Monday committed themselves to a 10% reduction in…
The lights were on again in Cape Town by Saturday morning after most of the Mother City was plunged into darkness on Friday night. "Most parts of the city were without power from…
A powerful, 7,7-magnitude earthquake hit northern Chile on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey reported. It said the quake, 60km deep, was centred 106km west of the…
Harmony Gold’s Elandsrand mine near Carletonville has been shut down for up to six weeks after the mine’s main exit was blocked, trapping 3 200 miners underground, the…
A controversial document criticising Britain over the crisis in Zimbabwe, which was leaked at a Southern African regional summit last month, came from Harare, not South Africa, a…
Nutrition is a supportive measure in dealing with infections such as HIV/Aids and tuberculosis (TB), meaning neither food nor food supplements are alternatives to drug therapy in…
The editor of <i>ZimOnline</i>, an independent Zimbabwe news agency based in South Africa, was shot and seriously wounded this week in Johannesburg, its deputy editor said on…
Power cuts rippled across South Africa on Thursday, blacking out parts of major cities and spurring warnings from state utility Eskom that unexpected shortages could extend into…
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s government threatened a fresh round of slum clearances, state media said on Tuesday, after new shanty towns sprang up despite a widely…
The Supreme Court of Appeal dented former deputy president Jacob Zuma’s chances of becoming the next president on Monday when it confirmed corruption convictions against his…
South Africa and India will share intelligence to help prevent international terrorism, President Thabo Mbeki said on Monday. He met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the…
South African Airways (SAA) is not cancelling flights to the United Kingdom yet, but warned of lengthy delays on return flights. However, all passengers flying to the United…
