Enoch Godongwana has quit as a deputy minister amid a scandal over missing unionists’ pension funds. We trace his rise and fall in SA politics.
New management system and text alerts vastly improve services for HIV/Aids patients.
Survivors of the xenophobic attacks say returning to the townships is not a safe option.
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/ 11 November 2011
The embattled leader of the ANC Youth League, Julius Malema, joins a growing list of senior members of the party who have been shown the door.
The five-year suspension of ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema’s ANC membership does not mean he will be exiting the South Africa political stage.
The judges were blown away by the Asiye eTafuleni’s approach to complex and common issues in South Africa’s cities.
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/ 4 November 2011
The judges praised Leap’s efforts in furthering much-needed maths and science education.
Lobbying has already started for Paul Mashatile to become ANC national chairperson at the party’s crucial 2012 elective conference.
Tshwane’s re-elected ANC chairperson Kgosientso Ramokgopa has vowed to act on ill-disciplined members just hours after he reclaimed his position.
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/ 30 September 2011
For the first time in 15 years, the home affairs department has been given a clean bill of health by auditor general Terence Nombembe.
Cleaning up home affairs might be "like climbing a greased pole", but with its first unqualified audit in years, the department says it’s back on top.
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/ 23 September 2011
Tensions between Cosatu’s National Union of Mineworkers and the National Union of Metal Workers of SA have now spilled over to the SABC.
Thembelihle residents have joined forces with their Lenasia neighbours to continue the fight for better services, this time at the negotiating table.
Residents of the Thembelihle are again up in arms following allegations that the police used live ammunition to break up their protests.
The state has the power to bring balance to SA, but is instead acting as "a bodyguard of whiteness", Andile Mngxitama told the M&G Literary Festival.
As top leaders jostle for support in the run-up to next month’s regional conferences, four ANC regions in Gauteng are heading for a shake-up.
As striking municipal workers laid waste to central Cape Town, the DA renewed calls for legislation to ensure that unions are held responsible.
Striking municipal workers say a metro ruling limiting protests to the workplace means they are free to march in their "office" — Tshwane’s streets.
Strike season is in full swing. Here’s a breakdown of which industry sectors are experiencing strike action this weekend.
Andrew Chaplin and twin brother Brian make up the electro-hop duo Locnville.
Lupe Fiasco’s third commercial album, <i>Lasers</i>, is a real treat.
Property tycoon Roux Shabangu has slammed the <em>Mail & Guardian</em> for what he called a deliberate attempt to discredit him and his company.
Lindiwe Mazibuko, Democratic Alliance’s spokesperson and shadow minister of rural development and land reform, is serious about her weekend time.
ANCYL president Julius Malema has quashed suggestions that he is against the re-election of Jacob Zuma as ANC president.
A new documentary reveals the shocking extent of violence directed at MDC supporters ahead of the Zimbabwe’s 2008 run-off presidential elections.
Grade 12 learners struggling to understand their teachers now have an unexpected lifeline — their mobile phones.
ANC mayors in Gauteng will set up Twitter and Facebook accounts ahead of the local elections — but won’t be doing any actual tweeting themselves.
Small beginnings with innovative interactive theatre have launched NGO into the big time.
The Gauteng housing department is to demolish at least 115 RDP houses less than five years after the houses were handed to their beneficiaries.
Knowing what to look for and taking precautions could save lives — and money.
Democratic states such as SA, which should promote transparency, seem to be leaning towards secrecy, experts say.
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