High winds at Marion Island have prevented the South African polar supply vessel SA Agulhas, currently docked there, from joining the chase for the westward fleeing Uruguyan trawler Viarsa 1.
A combination of the stronger currency and weaker resources stocks dragged the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa into the red at noon on Monday.
The government has resolved not to comment any further on the investigation involving Deputy President Jacob Zuma, Justice Minister Penuell Maduna said on Monday.
Former President Nelson Mandela’s laywer Ismail Ayob has answered some questions about an alleged art scam — but carefully avoided some key questions about ownership of a company involved.
Two opposition parties on Monday said it would be inappropriate for former constitutional negotiator and now top businessman Cyril Ramaphosa to mediate in the process of any possible plea bargain involving Deputy President Jacob Zuma and others.
The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) Company has awarded a R260-million contract to IST Nuclear, a member of the IST group, for the detailed design of three key systems for the demonstration plant.
The National Parks moratorium on elephant culling had not changed, the Chief Executive of South African National Parks (SANParks), Mavuso Msimang, said in a statement on Sunday.
Classes resumed at Technikon Witwatersrand’s four campuses on Monday morning, following disruptions last week during which 370 students were arrested.
A three day Global African Business Titans conference started on Sunday in Johannesburg where African business executives and company directors would discuss ways to help revive the continent’s economy.
Oil prices rose in London on Monday ahead of the start of full trading as dealers reacted to a presumed sabotage attack on a key Iraqi oil pipeline on Friday, putting it out of service for up to a month.
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