Households headed by children whose parents have died from HIV/Aids are an increasing problem for banks, which already face high levels of home loans defaults. The traditional route of eviction becomes unpalatable when the family consists of children
A speech by the Palestinian Authority leader to win support fell short of concrete proposals. Yasser Arafat, fighting to resurrect the Palestinian Authority, tried to win over his people this week with promises of sweeping reform
A series of ”prison mafia trials” are likely to arise from the murder trial of Pietermaritzburg’s self-styled prison boss, Russel Ngubo, and associated investigations of the Jali commission
Academics take their battle against Unisa’s controversial leadership to the courts. Controversy has again erupted, following the dismissal last week of vice-principal Professor Simon Maimela on charges of misconduct
Lionel Mtshali continued with his attempts to expose King Goodwill Zwelithini’s travelling habits this week by dragging former premier Ben Ngubane’s Department of Arts,Culture,Science and Technology into the controversy
The national police chief is under investigation in a row over airports security. Jackie Selebi is being probed by the police oversight body, the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD)
South Africa is finally set to get its new Immigration Bill – a political compromise that has left the Minister of Home Affairs, the Inkatha Freedom Party, Business South Africa and others dissatisfied
South African National Parks (SANParks) is investigating allegations that a top official at the Kruger National Park recently went on a shooting frenzy with a shotgun from a helicopter
If we had not been misinformed about the alternatives to the current fossil fuels SA would have been a world leader in providing clean and safe energy to all our people, and also in exporting indigenous technologies
Talks between the MDC and Zanu-PF have broken down – now negotiators are looking to their leaders for help, ahead of next month’s Group of Eight (G8) summit in Canada