Numsa has added its voice to criticism of SA’s granting of a R2.4-billion loan to Swaziland, slamming the ‘"tyranny" of "hyena" King Mswati’s regime.
Agricultural organisations across the racial spectrum spoke out on Monday against ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema’s land-grab talk.
The ANC’s Nceba Faku has yet to accept an invitation to visit the <em>Herald</em> after reportedly threatening to torch its offices.
There is an "evidentional void" in the Presidency’s argument it could not release a report on the 2002 Zimbabwe elections, the Concourt has heard.
The opposition sees them as electioneering tools. A company has spotted a marketing opportunity. But for the voter, they are simply "moerse gate".
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela will not revise her controversial report on an "improper" R500-million police lease agreement.
The controversial Employment Equity Amendment Bill is meant to fight white male domination in management positions, the ANC said on Tuesday.
National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel has sided with "right-wing political forces opposed to the ANC", the ANC Youth League said on Wednesday.
African National Congress leaders debated provincial and local government weaknesses at a three-day summit that started in Johannesburg on Thursday.
The ANC will discuss the possibility of one election date for local, provincial and national elections at an upcoming summit, the party says.
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/ 26 October 2010
The fraud case involving businessman Sandile Majali was postponed for further investigation in the Johannesburg Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday.
South Africa’s reputation overseas improved significantly after the successful hosting of the Soccer World Cup, researchers said on Wednesday.
High crime levels dragged South Africa’s ranking down to fifth place out of 53 African countries in a report on good governance released on Monday.
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/ 28 September 2010
Twitter’s traffic celebrity PigSpotter has hired a lawyer and approached the Director of Public Prosecutions to have charges against him dropped.
The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) held "tense" talks with the ANC in Johannesburg on Thursday about a proposed media appeals tribunal.
Public-service unions on Tuesday accused the government of creative accounting, as the state urged workers to reconsider its wage offer.
The ANC on Tuesday insisted that it did not want to curtail press freedom with a proposed media appeals tribunal.
As editors met on Wednesday to discuss the "horrors" of an ANC onslaught against media freedom, the Hawks arrested a <i>Sunday Times</i> journalist.
Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane has decided to investigate allegations of negligence following six baby deaths at a Johannesburg hospital.
Gauteng health authorities have washed their hands of six premature babies dying of gastro, saying there had been "no specific acts of negligence".
Johannesburg street sellers were raking it in at the start of the World Cup, but now that Bafana has crashed out, business has slumped.
World Cup organiser Danny Jordaan says the excitement ahead of the tournament reminds him of the day before Nelson Mandela was released from prison.
Nearly half the minibus taxis operating between Soweto and Ellis Park will be removed from Johannesburg’s roads, mayor Amos Masondo said on Tuesday.
SABC CEO Solly Mokoetle has announced that Phil Molefe is the public broadcaster’s new head of news, despite the board opposing the appointment.
The ANC on Wednesday neither confirmed nor denied reports that Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi faces disciplinary charges.
Prasa will put a 10% salary increase into effect despite the majority union still striking to press for a better offer, a senior official said.
Hitachi Power Africa on Tuesday pleaded ignorance about questionable business links with the ruling African National Congress.
ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu was arrested for drunken driving in Cape Town on Thursday morning — but this did not stop him from doing his job.
The ANC has defended Julius Malema for singing "shoot the boers, they are rapists", saying the lyrics of the song had been quoted out of context.
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/ 21 November 2007
The number of cellphone banking users in South Africa more than doubled in the past year, according to research released by World Wide Worx on Tuesday. "This year was a tipping point for all aspects of mobile," World Wide Worx managing director Arthur Goldstuck told reporters in Johannesburg.
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/ 26 October 2007
SABC board chairman Eddie Funde has called for an increase in government funding and a drastic reduction in commercial funding of the public broadcaster. “It’s very unusual for the public broadcaster to be 80 percent commercially funded,” Funde told reporters on Thursday morning.
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/ 18 October 2007
Media24 confirmed on Wednesday that five Touchline Media magazines inflated their circulation figures between July 2005 and June 2007 and that three senior managers including managing director Marc Blachowitz resigned in connection with the irregularities.