The Democratic Alliance is invoking the Promotion of Access to Information Act in an attempt to force the health ministry to release the Antenatal HIV Prevalence Survey for 2002.
Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister Valli Moosa on Wednesday lambasted clothing and household retail group, Mr Price, for what he called its lack of concern for the environment.
Environmental Affairs Minister Valli Moosa and the Eastern Cape legislature are on a collision course over plans to mine heavy minerals on the Pondoland coast and re-route the N2 national road through the area, says the Democratic Alliance (DA).
The repeated rape of a 15-year-old boy by an adult in a Mpumalanga police station holding cell has provoked an outcry from opposition parties, including a demand for a proper investigation of the incident.
The final blood tests of the Pick ‘n Pay shopper who had eaten a sardine have been released, with the South African Police Service (SAPS) confirming that the tests have detected traces of cyanide. The woman had shown no physical side effects and had returned home on Sunday afternoon.
From Tuesday, health care services at public facilities will be offered free of charge to disabled people, Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said.
Scientists and researchers from both sides of the Atlantic converged on Cape Town on Tuesday for the start of a three-day conference looking at commonalties in the drug abuse problem in the United States and southern Africa.
The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has launched a web based campaign calling for the firing of South African Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.
Those who have proof of irregularities in South Africa’s controversial arms deal should bring this before Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa), the New National Party said on Tuesday.
The Southern African Large Telescope camera (Salticam) has taken its first pictures of galaxies and stars, the SA Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) at Sutherland in the Northern Cape said on Tuesday.
Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon on Monday criticised the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), among others, for its ”mindless” protest against United States President George Bush’s visit to South Africa next week.
Finalisation of the roles and powers of traditional leaders in South Africa appears to be in sight, according to Provincial and Local Government Minister Sydney Mufamadi.
The South African government welcomed on Monday a weekend initiative by ”Palestinian armed resistance movements” to declare a three-month cessation of violence against Israelis.
The launch of a Pan-African Parliament will truly herald a new dawn for the peoples of Africa, Deputy President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.
South African wines have recorded one of their most impressive international results ever, winning five of the 20 trophies awarded at London’s International Wine and Spirits Competition and making the country by far the biggest winner on the show.
South Africa’s Director General of Environmental Affairs and Tourism said on Thursday that the department has decided that the environmental impact of the proposed pebble bed modular nuclear reactor (PBMR) at Koeberg and the manufacturing and transportation of nuclear fuel to and from Pelindaba, is acceptable from an environmental impact point of view, subject to specific conditions.
The South African Competition Commission expressed its support for the broad based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Bill during its submissions to the Trade and Industry Parliamentary Portfolio Committee hearings in Cape Town on Thursday.
The Democratic Alliance is to request the Auditor-General to investigate alleged irregularities surrounding a contract to upgrade facilities at the Western Cape College of Nursing, outside Cape Town.
Drug abuse and illicit trafficking are among the biggest social, political, economic and security challenges facing the world in the 21st century, said Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya on Thursday.
The secretary to the South African Parliament, Sindiso Mfenyana, has reported that his finance management office had received veiled threats following its investigations into the alleged abuse of parliamentary travel vouchers.
The Karl Bremer hospital in Cape Town has treated over 20 children this year poisoned by drinking ”black tea” made from the boiled juice of the ”moonflower” plant, police said on Wednesday.
A paedophile who gained access to young children through his role as Father Christmas started an effective five year jail sentence on four counts of indecent assault on Tuesday.
Two South African singers are this year’s recipients of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation’s annual Reconciliation Award.
More than 1 000 people from rural communities all over the Western Cape marched on Parliament on Tuesday to highlight the lack of land reform in the region.
The value of new investments announced in Cape Town’s central business district has exceeded R3,049-billion for the six months to June 2003, the Cape Town Partnership confirmed on Monday.
A young man from Mitchells Plain in Cape Town has taken a step closer to his dream of becoming a chess grandmaster, the first in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Former Pan Africanist Congress member of Parliament Patricia de Lille has launched her new political party, the Independent Democrats (ID) — but her political opponents are questioning the chances of her reaching a target of 5% of the vote.
The Cape Bar Council on Monday dismissed allegations made by Economists Allied for Arms Reduction (Ecaar-SA) against its former legal representative as ”intemperate, damaging and untruthful”.
South Africa’s first generic week was an ideal opportunity to inform health care providers and consumers about the law and the generic medicines industry, Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said on Monday.
Opening the Western Cape provincial hearings on the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s draft editorial policy on Monday, premier Marthinus van Schalkwyk highlighted the power the corporation has to do good or to do harm.
The City of Cape Town is to install what is probably the world’s first ”penguin crossing” in an attempt to reduce fatalities among the jaywalking feathered pedestrians on the Simon’s Town main road.