The reasons given for the upcoming national strike by the Congress of SA Trade Unions suggests there are some fundamental policy differences between Cosatu and the African National Congress.
The Johannesburg High Court has been asked to take urgent action against South African steel giant Iscor, which stands accused of widespread pollution.
Rightwingers behind a suspected plot to overthrow the government do not represent white opinion in South Africa, says Defence Minister Mosiuoa.
Two gold miners were killed and at least seven were injured on Monday when shots were fired on striking miners at a South African gold mine, a union official said.
The Katorus child protection unit arrested three men on Sunday morning for the alleged rape of two young girls and a toddler in separate incidents since August this year.
South Africa, as a matter of policy, would not sell or provide military equipment or technologies used in developing weapons of mass destruction to any country deemed to be posing a proliferation risk, the SA Council for the Non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction said on Wednesday.
The Commission on Gender Equality on Wednesday reacted with disappointment to the Constitutional Court judgment confirming the illegality of brothels but failing to back a high court order invalidating the criminalisation of prostitution.
Thisday (Pty) Ltd will not mount a legal challenge to the acquisition by Edgars Consolidated Stores (Edcon) of the CNA retail chain and will focus its energies on launching a new national weekly newspaper in South Africa, the company said on Thursday.
Two prisoners convicted of murder and robbery cut their throats with razor blades in the Johannesburg High Court on Friday, shortly before their 2pm sentencing.
Transport Minister Dullah Omar said on Friday that no new evidence had emerged that would justify a new inquiry into the crash of the the Helderberg, off Mauritius, in 1987.