The largest ever United Nations gathering takes place in South Africa just days before the first anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
The African National Congress in Gauteng on Sunday voiced its support for Education MEC Ignatius Jacobs’ decision to overturn the expulsion of Deputy Mineral and Energy Minister Susan Shabangu’s son from Sunward Park High School.
Nelson Mandela has condemned ”in the strongest terms” the behaviour of Cosas during a protest march in Johannesburg last Friday.
Police have arrested five of the six men wanted in connection with October’s Soweto and Bronkhorstpruit bombings and unearthed explosives ”clearly designed to kill”, a statement said on Wednesday.
The Scorpions arrested two men, one a police inspector, in connection with Road Accident Fund (RAF) fraud on Wednesday.
Gauteng premier Mbhazima Shilowa and the provincial executive council on Wednesday expressed outrage at the explosions which rocked Soweto overnight killing a woman.
The Johannesburg Hospital is conducting an audit of all operations performed by Dr Wynne Lieberthal at its children’s spinal unit, to determine any potential negligence.
A young attorney was arrested in Alberton on Thursday morning for her alleged involvement in fraudulent claims totalling R2-million from the Road Accident Fund (RAF).
Two lawyers and five others were arrested in Gauteng on Tuesday for allegedly running an investment scam that promised ”the black empowerment opportunity of a lifetime.”
Over the last 10 days around 1 000 people, aged between three weeks and 95 years, have climbed — or been carried up — mountains across South Africa as part of a countrywide celebration of the International Year of the Mountain.
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki has played down the row over the United States’ delay in issuing a visa to mining boss Tokyo Sexwale.
The PAC wanted Africa’s youth to be assisted with ”genuine liberation”, PAC deputy leader Motsoko Pheko said in Gauteng on Sunday.
A private school in Randburg, Gauteng, on Monday strongly condemned the government’s recent published draft policy banning random drug testing and searches at schools.
A provincial police task team in Gauteng has been appointed to investigate a series of computer thefts from business premises.
Political control changed hands in 21 municipalities in four provinces following a 15-day floor-crossing window period for local councillors — 13 of them in the Western Cape, it emerged on Friday.
South Africa has been rocked by another bomb explosion, this time at a police station in the Western Cape. An explosive device went off on Saturday night at the Bishop Lavis police station, shattering its front doors and windows.
Contrary to popular belief, South Africans were satisfied with the level of service they received from local banks.
Germiston man in his late 20s was arrested on Thursday night for making false claims of having planted a bomb in a pub, and saying he was responsible for one of the Soweto bomb blasts in the
early hours of Wednesday morning.
President Thabo Mbeki had promised traditional leaders their powers would not be reduced, but the Communal Land Rights Bill did exactly that, says Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa chairman Patekile Holomisa.
While criticism against the Congress of South African Students (Cosas) mounted, the Gauteng Department of Education declared its intention to apply for a court interdict against the student organisation.
The SAS Drakensberg would leave for the island of St Helena on Sunday to take part in the island’s 500th anniversary celebrations.
National Land Committee (NLC) official Ann Eveleth was released on Thursday after a ruling by the Pretoria High Court.
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/ 14 November 2001
Despite media stirring, this year’s awards at Sun City ran without fault or controversy, writes Matthew Krouse.
The South African Screenwriters’ Association is struggling to recruit black film-makers, reports Johnny Masilela.