Johannesburg police arrested two Cameroonian men on Tuesday in connection with a series of thefts and robberies of computers and other electronic equipment in the Gauteng area.
About 75% of children younger than 17 lived below the poverty line of R400 per month in 1999, the Institute for Democracy in South Africa said on Tuesday.
Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has ruled out compensating medical students for a proposed additional year of community service by sponsoring one year of their study debt.
A high-level investigation has been launched into misconduct by police officials at the Ivory Park police station near Midrand.
South Africans consumed up to 80% of the world’s Mandrax and accounted for the second largest quantity of cannabis seized anywhere in the world after Mexico, reveals a United Nations report.
A man in his late 20s who claimed to have planted bombs in Soweto told Germiston pub attendants that he bombed the area for the ”flag and the country”.
The Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) accused the government on Monday of ”wilfully misunderstanding” its position on privatisation.
Police believed they had destroyed whatever infrastructure the right-wing Boeremag organisation had, government representative Joel Netshitenzhe said on Thursday.
Police are investigating claims that a 13-year-old Bethlehem boy impregnated his 11-year-old sister, after the girl gave birth to a two-month premature child, police said on Friday.
With the spotlight on South Africa’s security agencies’ ability to prevent terrorism following Wednesday’s bomb blasts near Johannesburg, the National Assembly on Thursday approved four bills to enhance the effectiveness of the intelligence services.
When a neurosurgery student was shot in the back in an attempted hijacking last year, it was not apparent that his being rendered paraplegic would benefit others.
The anti-Aids drug nevirapine is now available at all public hospitals in Gauteng, provincial premier Mbhazima Shilowa said on Tuesday.
Limpopo was the province with the highest economic growth rate last year. It also has the highest economic growth rate on average over the past six years, Statistics SA said on Thursday.
A WHEELCHAIR-bound man, believed to be the kingpin of a cellphone theft syndicate, was arrested during a crime blitz in Hillbrow on Saturday night.
Police investigating right-wing activities in the country on Saturday refused to disclose further information on the second phase of Operation Hopper — aimed at enforcing the Arms and Ammunitions Act.
The government had reversed its ban on a Social Movements Indaba march from Alexandra township to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Sandton on Saturday, the SMI said in a statement on Wednesday.
The recent rash of bombings in Gauteng reflected rising discontent among Afrikaners, the Afrikaner Group of 63 said on Thursday.
Since 1994, the Gauteng government has spent about R5-billion to provide housing for more than 2,5-million people in the province.
The Gauteng social services department has blamed the boat company at Zoo Lake for the drowning of two children at a Children’s Day festival last year, but the compnay says the department is just looking for a scapegoat.
The founder of the well-known youth care organisation, Boys Town, has died.
A senior member of the right-wing group, the Boeremag, will appear on Tuesday in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court to face charges of terrorism, high treason and sabotage
MPs and activists opposed to abortion on Tuesday complained that two-day public hearings in Parliament on the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (CTOP Act) was biased and excluded those who did not agree with it.
Cabinet has decided to reduce the number of higher education institutions from 36 to 21, Education Minister Kader Asmal said on Thursday.
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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.