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‘Unless SA gets smarter, we will get poorer’
Bold intervention was needed to increase the number of PhD graduates in SA, said a study released on Monday by the Academy of Science of South Africa.
Minister announces new plan to reduce road accidents
Traffic officials plan to stop and search one million motorists a month in a bid to reduce road deaths, Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele says.
Vigilantism not the answer, say cops
Communities plagued by crime, often violent, claim desperation as the reason for their acts of vigilantism, an expert says.
Education ‘a priority’ in solving SA’s ills
Education will solve poverty, unemployment and growing inequalities in South Africa, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Tuesday.
Cosatu unions to go on strike
Public service unions affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions on Wednesday resolved to go on strike over wages.
Unions accept Eskom offer ‘in principle’
Eskom’s three unions have "in principle" accepted the power utility’s latest wage offer, they said on Friday.
NUM mobilises members for Eskom strike
The National Union of Mineworkers on Wednesday notified Eskom of its intention to go on strike next week over wages, a union spokesperson said.
Billions unaccounted for in Gauteng
Billions of rands in unauthorised and irregular spending have been identified in Gauteng, auditor general Terence Nombembe said on Thursda
ANC wants Semenya test results nullified
The ANC wants the IAAF to declare null and void the results of athlete Caster Semenya gender verification tests, it said on Friday.
Metro police to integrate with the SAPS
The metro police service is to be integrated into the SA Police Service to form ”one super police force”, a police department spokesperson said.
Metrobus driver shot dead
A Metrobus driver was shot and killed while driving in Mooi Street in Faraday on Monday morning, Johannesburg emergency services said. Spokesperson Chief Superintendent Malcolm…
Sowetan reporter held hostage at school
A reporter and driver from the Sowetan newspaper were on Saturday afternoon held hostage for six hours by a group of people at the school of the embattled Jackie Maarohanye — the…
Amnesty International honours Mandela
Amnesty International bestowed its most prestigious honour — the Ambassador of Conscience Award 2006 — on former president Nelson Mandela.
Prisoners’ body: Fight crime with jobs, education
The government should create jobs and provide education and skills development if it is serious about fighting crime, the South African Prisoners’ Organisation for Human Rights…
SA women among Aids asylum seekers in Canada
A large group of South African women infected with HIV are among 150 delegates of last month’s International Aids Conference seeking refugee status in Canada, the Toronto Sun‘s…