A section of the Gautrain is slated to come into operation about two weeks ahead of the 2010 Soccer World Cup kick-off.
As the sixth price rise of the year sent fuel heading towards R10 a litre this week — amid predictions it could reach R11 by year-end — there are few signs that South African motorists are making serious adjustments to the end of cheap fuel.
Four men have been arrested in Joubert Park in connection with the murder of actor Moto Silumo, Johannesburg police said on Tuesday.
Two well-known South African entertainers died and two other people were injured in an accident on Sunday on the N3 near Heidelberg, Johannesburg police said on Monday.
Organisers of Tuesday’s planned Million Man March in Pretoria hope criminals will get the message that the country is united against them, a spokesperson said on Monday.
Bertrams, a run-down suburb adjacent to Ellis Park, has been set for a facelift from the day that South Africa was awarded the football World Cup.
Electricity authorities on Monday called for action to deal with a R25-billion maintenance backlog that could further stifle economic growth.
The banking industry will install new ATMs throughout the country despite recent bombings, the South African Banking Risk Information Centre said on Monday.
The Pretoria High Court on Monday sentenced Andrew Jordaan to life imprisonment for the murder of seven-year-old Sheldean Human.
South Africa’s power crisis poses a threat to economic growth and the government’s efforts to reduce unemployment and poverty, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said on Monday.
About 8 000 members of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) are to continue striking in Ekurhuleni on Monday, said the union.
Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour questioned escapee Annanias Mathe at the Pretoria prison on Saturday to learn more about the circumstances of Mathe’s latest attempt to escape.
It was just a farm, but what went on there was extraordinary: Nelson Mandela, disguised in blue overalls, plotting with other anti-apartheid leaders against South Africa’s racist regime.
Bafana Bafana set their 2010 African Nations Cup qualifying campaign back on track with a stunning 4-1 win over Equatorial Guinea.
The Johannesburg High Court on Friday dismissed with costs an application to halt Vodacom’s R7,5-billion BEE deal.
Ten armed robbers tried and failed to break into a van delivering money to a supermarket in Mabopane, Pretoria police said on Saturday.
American comedian Chris Rock found time to drop in on unsuspecting comedy fans at a Johannesburg restaurant on Sunday night.
The Japanese philosophy kaizen (improvement) epitomises Wesbank’s decision to reduce consumption and promote efficiency in the workplace.
Annanias Mathe, one the country’s most notorious criminals, has tried to escape from prison again.
Members of the South African National Defence Force Union on Friday called for Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota to step down.
The fifth anniversary of the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> Greening the Future Awards was celebrated at a black-tie event in Johannesburg on June 5.
The Gauteng Conservancy Association’s community-based approach has spread into nearly 30 conservancies in the province.
A meeting of the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) was under way on Friday to consider an allegation levelled against Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
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Two life sentences are an appropriate punishment for convicted murderer Andrew Jordaan, the Pretoria High Court heard on Friday.
With only one more practice session left before the Special Olympics golf tournament, about 100 children with disabilities arrived in high spirits at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club in Linksfield.
It’s been a long and hard journey with eclectic influences but Malatji’s first album looks set to become a hit.
If you followed the media after Bafana Bafana’s loss to Nigeria, you would have thought the result was one of football’s greatest shocks.
Andrew Jordaan, the convicted killer of seven-year-old Sheldean Human, was described on Thursday both as a paedophile and someone too gentle to be a murderer.
A woman sitting on a basket quietly stirs a pan of spinach on a paraffin stove. Children run around noisily between plastic bags, suitcases, blankets and mattresses.
Traffic in central Johannesburg came to a standstill on Thursday as thousands of South African Municipal Workers’ Union members marched through the city’s streets.