We might think we’re big in mining, synthetic fuels, cellphones or banking, but our biggest listed company on the JSE soon will be in tobacco.
Given the demand for mining engineers in the country, if you are one of this year’s Grade 12s, you should consider a career in mining engineering.
Mediation was mooted in the Constitutional Court on Monday as a possible solution to the dispute over temporary refugee shelters in Gauteng.
Judgement was reserved on Monday in a bid by Robert McBride to get access to papers he says relate to his drunken-driving trial.
The government has done nothing to help victims of xenophobic violence be reintegrated into communities, the Constitutional Court heard on Monday.
The proposed bus rapid transport system in Gauteng should be put on hold until the taxi industry’s involvement is outlined, a taxi council says.
Aid agency Oxfam on Monday joined the call against the closure of camps sheltering people displaced by xenophobic violence.
A matric boy stabbed a fellow pupil to death with a sword at a high school in Krugersdorp on Monday morning, Johannesburg police said.
Two suspected hijackers were shot dead during a shoot-out with the police in Atteridgeville in Pretoria, police said on Sunday.
Justice and Constitutional Development Deputy Minister Johnny de Lange has effectively put his hand up for a cabinet role in a Zuma government.
SADC has recognised that negotiations in Zimbabwe are continuing, but emphasised the urgency, President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday.
Mamelodi Sundowns edged past their city rivals SuperSport United 2-1 in a hard-fought first-leg MTN8 semifinal on Sunday.
Zimbabwe’s main rivals failed to reach a settlement on the final day of a regional summit where the country’s crisis was high on the agenda.
One person was killed when 300 shacks burnt down at a squatter camp near Denver hostel in southern Johannesburg late on Saturday night.
Moroka Swallows lost 2-0 to Kaizer Chiefs in their MTN8 first-leg semifinal at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday night.
Southern African leaders were to gather in Johannesburg on Sunday for the final day of a summit overshadowed by Zimbabwe’s crisis.
Cosatu and organisations from Zimbabwe and Swaziland led a march in Johannesburg on Saturday against Robert Mugabe and King Mswati III.
The Blue Bulls went to the top of the Currie Cup log with a hard-fought and drawn-out 41-12 victory over Griquas at Loftus Versfeld on Friday.
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A number of cars were damaged on Friday during blasting operations at a Gautrain construction site on the N1 north at Centurion.
Shelters for the victims of xenophobic violence will have to stay open until a court hears a matter relating to their closure on Monday.
The African National Congress (ANC) on Friday recommitted itself to free basic education and universal access to quality healthcare.
NGOs used their wait for Friday’s court ruling on shelters for displaced xenophobia refugees to lobby people on what sort of help they needed.
The JSE remained softer at midday on Friday pressured by miners on falling commodity prices, but banks and financials capped further losses.
The Gauteng government says it will wait for a Constitutional Court ruling before it starts breaking down shelters for xenophobia refugees.
With politicians harping on about human capital, it should come as no surprise that the SACP has put price tags on its most influential members.
The Gauteng government confirmed that the temporary shelters established for the fugitives in the province areas are to be closed this Friday.
The Constitutional Court is expected to issue directions ”very soon” on the fate of people living in camps for refugees from xenophobic violence.
SADC will render the assistance and support needed in Zimbabwe, Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said in Johannesburg on Thursday.
Gauteng police busted an ATM bombing syndicate in the early hours of Thursday in Devland, south of Johannesburg.
South Africans search for bookish answers in a time of political doubt, writes Nosimilo Ndlovu.
A “grave mix-up” among three prosecutors led to Linda Mti, head of security for the 2010 football World Cup, walking free on charges of drunk-driving. The Hillbrow Magistrate’s Court acquitted Mti in June after the state failed to call its main witness, the man driving the car into which Mti smashed his Volkswagen Touareg in […]