It’s easy for the Springboks to be dismissed ahead of the World Cup, but what about a surge of support, suggests <b>Nickolaus Bauer</b>.
The attitudes of SA’s doctors and nurses must change drastically if the public health system is to improve, says Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.
Quiet and unassuming, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi comes across as the type of politician who just wants to get the job done.
Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital is to receive a R150-million upgrade that will improve services — and halve the number of beds available.
The husband of Zimbabwe’s vice-president and a key figure within Zanu-PF’s succession race has died under mysterious circumstances, reports say.
Many of SA’s elite legal fraternity gathered at the Constitutional Court to pay their respects to the outgoing chief justice.
The rage of Britain’s rioters pales in comparison to the fury of football fans whose favoured fixtures were canned, judging by their Twitter tantrums.
There was a sense of excitement in going into the next stage of his life, Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo said at his farewell ceremony on Thursday.
With both Bafana and Burkina Faso short on top players, tonight’s clash in Johannesburg might well be turn out to be little more than a practice game.
After a public spat with singer Simphiwe Dana, DA leader Helen Zille says that the social platform Twitter can be as troublesome as it is useful.
Revelers from far and wide have converged in their masses to Northam in Limpopo for the annual Oppikoppi music festival.
A senior Cosatu economist has warned business that nationalisation will take place in SA and the only outstanding issue is how it will be implemented.
Some high-profile South Africans on Twitter have taken on those calling for the blood of ANCYL leader Julius Malema.
The ANC is not deciding whether to implement nationalisation, but rather how to do so, Cosatu has told business leaders at a debate on the topic.
The Gautrain has begun operating its high-speed route between Pretoria and Johannesburg, transporting 11 000 passengers by midday.
<i>City Press</i> editor Ferial Haffajee is to take Eric Miyeni to court over his <i>Sowetan</i> column titled "Haffajee does it for white masters".
Industrial action weighed on the manufacturing sector in July 2011 with the Kagiso purchasing managers’ index falling to a two-year low.
The United States debt crisis is a matter of global importance — offering even us in South Africa simple lessons on basic finance.
Industrial action in the chemical and fuel sectors has come to an end after employers reached an agreement on wage increases on Thursday.
Producer price inflation for domestic output spiked 7.4% in June 2011 from the comparable period in 2010, Statistics SA announced on Thursday.
Unions in the fuel sector are refusing to end industrial action that has lasted more than two weeks, vowing to press on until their demands are met.
Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo has withdrawn his acceptance of the extension of his term of office. President Zuma has begun seeking his replacement.
The Johannesburg Roads Agency is spending R77-million on filling 17 000 potholes and upgrading road infrastructure by the end of September.
The coal strike currently under way will threaten the immediate ability to provide electricity, say the unions and state power company Eskom.
Hacking into the ANC Youth League’s website is an easy matter — based on their disregard for web security, an IT expert told the <i>M&G</i>.
The ANC Youth League says Julius Malema’s trust fund is no secret, insisting it is used only for charity, and slamming the media’s "sponsored views".
The Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital has contested the findings of a <i>Mail & Guardian</i> investigation into the state of its mortuary.
Home affairs says its project to issue permits to thousands of illegal Zim migrants is almost finished, and expects 99% of applications to succeed.
Far from clearing the air on how he can afford to build a mansion, Julius Malema has upbraided the press for trying to infringe upon his privacy.
Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has called on unions to focus on the issues and not use strikes to further the call for a ban on labour brokers.
The SA government was mulling the formation of a state-owned pharmaceutical company, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Tuesday.
A mortuary administrator at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital has been dismissed after a <em>Mail & Guardian</em> investigation.