The South African government is investigating the taxi sector and the Minister of Labour, Membathisi Mdladlana, expects to announce a minimum wage and prescribe working conditions for the industry by July.
Foreign tourists have spent about R4-billion over the December holiday period, providing a significant boost to Western Cape province’s economy, according to Mike Fabricius, CEO of Western Cape Tourism.
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has opened the door to an eleventh hour compromise with the African National Congress (ANC) to avoid forcing a provincial election in its powerbase of KwaZulu-Natal.
South Africa’s Indian community is the most fearful about what 2003 holds, suggests a newly released Markinor survey on attitudes to the year ahead. Markinor conducted the survey among 3 500 respondents of all races in October and November last year.
It is packaged in the lurid red and white of the Stars and Stripes and the logo mimics that famous swirl, but there is something different about this brand of cola.
A suicide machine which produces up to a litre of carbon monoxide a minute will be demonstrated on Sunday by the controversial Australian euthanasia doctor Philip Nitschke.
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has been fined R300 for speeding, with his children in the car, on a busy Cape Town road on Tuesday, the Star newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The Democratic Republic of Congo sought to end speculation about one of Africa’s greatest mysteries yesterday by sentencing 26 people to death for the murder of President Laurent Kabila two years ago.
Without nuclear weapons North Korea would barely be noticed. It is a 10th the size of South Africa, with half the population and with the average worker earning less than in Lesotho. Widespread hunger and malnutrition persist despite the huge quantities of international food aid.
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa is set to open in the black on Tuesday on the back of a weaker rand. The rand and gold are expected to be the main drivers of the market.