SOUTH African ministers and MPs must accept a slim 4% pay rise as an “example” to 1,1-million public service workers threatening to strike for a 7,3% wage hike. Cabinet decided government “should lead by example” in accepting the 4% pay increase, which is one percent below Tuesday’s 4,9% inflation figure, government spokesman Joel Netshitenze said. […]

TELFORD VICE, Durban | Thursday 11.50am THE Natal Rugby Union (NRU) is happy to release its Springboks from playing in the Currie Cup play-offs – but will expect “suitable compensation” from the SA Rugby Football Union (Sarfu) for doing so. Natal had been under the impression that after the Tri-Nations tournament the Springbok players would […]

MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Wednesday 5.00pm. SOUTH African share markets recovered from a bout of selling on Wednesday, as most share indices started strong and held onto their gains through the day. Bonds and the rand held relatively steady. Domestic factors featured heavily in the rebound, as dealers said the markets had oversold when taking […]

SOUTH Africa, seeded 14th, caused an upset when they beat seventh-seeded Pakistan 2-1 at the Sportion World Cup squash tournament in Hertogenbosch, Holland on Friday. Angie Clifton-Parks opened South Africa’s count when she outplayed Bushra Haider, but Zarak Jahan Khan levelled matters accounting for Adrian Hansen. Glenn Whittaker then turned in a dazzling display to […]

SOUTHERN Africa will call on Wednesday for the world’s rich nations to step up debt relief, and halt arbitrary institutional sales of gold reserves that have clouded the impoverished region’s economic future, said South African Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin. Erwin told reporters that the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) 19th annual summit will […]

ELANA MEYER and Shadrack Hoff lead a strong contingent of South African distance runners to the IAAF World Half Marathon championships in Sicily on October 3. The team of five men and five women was selected after the Old Mutual Great South Run, which doubled as the national half marathon campionships, in Durban last weekend. […]

ANDY COLQUHOUN, Cape Town | Thursday 5.00pm THE South African Rugby Football Union is girding itself for a legal battle over its right to introduce quotas to Currie Cup rugby. Senior figures within the sport’s provincial unions and more particularly among the players are understood to have sought counsel’s opinion. They have been advised that […]

THE opening of the Gender Commission office in Parliament is the first step towards addressing the imbalances between men and women in the decision-making process, commission chair Joyce Seroke said on Wednesday. Speaking at the launch of the Gender Commission’s parliamentary and Western Cape offices, Seroke said the office in parliament would focus on gender […]