The Democratic Alliance is to ask the Auditor-General to investigate what it calls a second ”lapse of judgement” by the National Intelligence Agency.
News of the death of anti-apartheid struggle veteran Walter Sisulu was broken to South African President Thabo Mbeki on Monday night, while he was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, with its bio-diversity and malaria free status, continues to attract strong demand for game farms, not only among overseas investors, but increasingly also South African buyers.
Identifying SA as a cost-effective location for servicing the customer contact needs of international businesses, the Dialogue UK Group has invested in a call centre operation in Cape Town, with plans to expand employment to 1 500 people.
From Friday May 9, South African consumers will have to pay for the plastic bags they previously received free of charge from retailers, as government legislature aiming to encourage re-use of bags and recycling by consumers comes into place.
The Western Cape public protector has accepted a petition and a business plan from a member of the public who wants to build houses in rural areas using cannabis mixed with lime and sand.
The South African Pharmacy Council warned on Friday of the possible suicidal psychological side-effects of the popular malaria drug Lariam.
South African leaders are to share their experience of the transition to democracy with Israeli and Palestinians at a special conference beginning on Sunday.
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi has slammed the government for dabbling in the science of Aids, and says it is ”outrageous” that people are denied treatment.
The Cape High Court dismissed with costs on Friday ANC MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s bid to stop National Assembly Speaker Frene Ginwala publicly reprimanding her.
Reacting to the hint that President Robert Mugabe could retire, South African opposition leader Tony Leon says said the Zimbabwean president made conciliatory statements ”in order to buy time but he has no intention of being bound by his words”.
One of the largest funded Aids programmes undertaken by a church was announced by Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane. The R222-million programme aimed to reduce the stigma and discrimination surrounding HIV/Aids.
The Department of Foreign Affairs was tightlipped on Tuesday on the progress of the national leg of a continental competition to find new symbols for the African Union (AU), but indications were that it was not going well.
Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s application for leave to appeal a ruling striking down new immigration regulations will be heard by the Constitutional Court.
Tensions in KwaZulu-Natal eased on Wednesday when premier Lionel Mtshali agreed to accept a ”disrespectful” African National Congress MEC back into his cabinet.
Cape Town T-shirt company Laugh It Off Promotions is to appeal a Cape High Court ruling on Wednesday in favour of brewing giant SABMiller barring the company from exploiting the Carling Black Label trademark.
The Western Cape health department expects to complete within the next two months an estimate of the cost of providing antiretroviral treatment to children in the province.
A Bill is in the legislative pipeline in South Africa which addresses the issue of sex changes, South African Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi said on Tuesday.
Pam Golding Properties (PGP), South Africa’s largest residential property sales company by turnover, has recorded record annual sales of R6,521-billion rand for the financial year.
Judgement was reserved in the Cape High Court on Monday in the case in which ANC MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela seeks to stop National Assembly Speaker Frene Ginwala from publicly reprimanding her.
With the world’s attention on Iraq, Africa must realise that its future, now more than ever, lies in its own hands, says Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin.
Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon and the New National Party have agreed on an out of court settlement regarding Leon’s moves to sue the NNP plus two of its top officials for defamation.
Outstanding issues delaying peace in the Great Lakes region will be the focus of a meeting between four African leaders in Cape Town on Wednesday.
Ousted deputy social services minister David Malatsi has gone to court in a bid to force the New National Party (NNP) to make him a member of parliament.
Fresh controversy erupted over South Africa’s new immigration regime on Tuesday when it emerged that it may have been put into operation unlawfully on Monday night.
Job creation, poverty alleviation, economic growth and empowerment must be addressed at the upcoming growth and development summit, black business chief Patrice Motsepe said on Tuesday.
A pilot project in two of Malawi’s constituencies showed that about 100 000 voters, or 2% of the voters’ roll, had died of HIV/Aids-related diseases. Concern that the HIV/Aids epidemic already threatens democracy and governance appears to be confirmed in research by the Electoral Institute of Southern Africa.
The new Immigration Act, along with regulations which were declared invalid and unconstitutional by the Cape High Court last month, came into force at 6pm on Monday.
In a week of high defection drama, the African National Congress has emerged the clear winner, while the Democratic Alliance won the race among opposition parties.
The Anglican Church in southern Africa has released what it calls a ”preliminary report” on same sex marriages — a union it currently refuses to recognise.
South Africa’s Inkatha Freedom Party parliamentary caucus on Thursday discussed the impact of the defection period on the party — and party sources indicated that the party could withdraw from national government if its control of KwaZulu Natal is snatched away.