The Democratic Alliance has held a picket at the Union Buildings and called on President Jacob Zuma to back the youth wage subsidy.
Immigrants and refugees living in Mayfair in Johannesburg are living in fear after threatening, xenophobic letters began circulating in the area.
After the Hefer, Ginwala, Donen or Ngoepe inquiries, any hope of the Farlam Commission getting to the bottom of the Marikana tragedy is naive at best.
There is a disjuncture between what platinum mine Lonmin says it is doing in communities and what is experienced by people in Marikana, experts say.
First he pulled out of the Discovery leadership summit, now Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has opted out of a BBC debate featuring Tony Blair.
Residents of a settlement in Marlboro set out to have their community formally recognised. Instead, their homes were razed to the ground by the JMPD.
The Paralympics begin in London today, and while the Games mark Natalie du Toit’s swan song, SA’s young Paralympians are ready to take up her mantle.
A leaked report shows that the appalling living conditions of Marikana miners are nothing new to Lonmin, despite its social responsibility efforts.
Observers fear the presidential inquiry into the tragedy at Marikana will not reveal the whole truth or prove who was responsible for the massacre.
Julius Malema has emerged victorious from the political free-for-all at the Lonmin memorial service, with government ministers being forced to flee.
The commission of inquiry’s terms of reference are far-reaching, its deadlines tight and its worth in doubt.
President Jacob Zuma has announced retired Supreme Court of Appeal judge Ian Farlam will chair the commission of inquiry into the Marikana tragedy.
A conservative Christian minister has blamed feminists, homosexuals and abortion for last week’s Marikana tragedy.
Metro police in Johannesburg have cracked down on a community of shackdwellers in Marlboro, evicting residents in direct contravention of state laws.
Amcu head Joseph Mathunjwa has laid the blame for the Lonmin massacre on mine management, the National Union of Mineworkers and North West police.
Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille says there is no need for illegal protests when ANC councillors are meant to represent residents in government.
Kaizer Chiefs manager Bobby Motaung has been granted bail of R50 000 by the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court after being arrested on fraud charges.
Allegations of corruption and political machinations involving the MTN Group and the government of Iran have resurfaced – this time in US politics.
The M&G’s bid to gain access to a report on the legal and constitutional background to the 2002 elections in Zimbabwe has been put on hold again.
The high court has asked lawyers for the M&G and the state to clarify their arguments in the ongoing battle over a report on the 2002 Zim elections.
Conflicts over sex, race and politics have played out on the Olympic stage since the Games began. We round up some of the biggest controversies.
The state has produced affidavits from President Zuma and Thabo Mbeki opposing the M&G’s application for access to the Zimbabwe 2002 election report.
As former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema returns from a whirlwind tour to London, questions are being asked about who his backers might be.
At the SACP’s 91st anniversary cake-cutting, a toast was raised to "the unity of our alliance". But no amount of frosting can cover up the cracks.
If education really is SA’s top priority, it’s clear what needs to be done. We need a new education minister, writes Faranaaz Parker.
Municipal workers’ unions have secured a three-year wage deal and a commitment from local government to fill 30 000 vacant posts.
The Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers has suggested a 5.5% salary hike for public office bearers for 2012/2013.
Scientists have been energised by the results of a drug trial carried out in South Africa which was found to have killed 99% of patients’ TB bacteria.
President Zuma has deflected criticism of how the Limpopo textbook crisis was handled, denying that politics had been put above the welfare of pupils.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has revealed plans for the national treasury to take a much tighter grip on local governments’ finances.
The reaction to the parole ruling of Jackie Selebi has shown the shadow of Schabir Shaik is still haunting South Africa’s medical parole procedure.
Some have called Marie Claire’s Kate Middleton cover an instance of a deconstructed Baudrillardian simulation. Others just say it’s a bit tacky.