Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader vowed on Friday to press on with anti-government marches and strikes next week, despite threats of a clampdown by the government and its supporters.
Opposition parties lambasted government on Thursday, during a special debate marking Child Protection Week in the National Assembly, for not doing enough for South Africa’s children.
The correctional services department is concerned about the high influx of young people into the system, Correctional Services Minister Ben Skosana said on Friday.
Poor road conditions added an estimated R3,8-billion to transport costs in South Africa annually, the SA National Consumer Union heard on Friday.
The rand took the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) on a roller coaster ride on Friday, with the local bourse moving inversely to the volatile currency.
South African devised change and innovation management software is now being used by Deckert Management Consultants of Düsseldorf, Germany.
South Africa’s Solidarity trade union has questioned the validity of April’s official inflation data, calling it "a hoax", following sharp downward revisions made in the calculations by government agency Statistics South Africa (Stats SA).
Microsoft last night agreed to pay AOL Time Warner -million to settle clams that the software firm unfairly used its dominance in the market to crush competition.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Friday called for Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota to be fired as a cabinet minister. Earlier this week the DA asked the Public Protector to investigate Lekota’s conduct.
The future of major research institutes at the University of Witwatersrand is hanging in the balance after the management’s announcement this week that it intends to halt funding of several units under the school of geosciences.