Parliament is to investigate Yolanda Botha following revelations by the <i>M&G</i> that she was awarded contracts.
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/ 25 January 2011
The French couple who died in the Karoo last week will be buried as paupers in South Africa, the Hawks said on Tuesday.
Speculation is rife in the Northern Cape that a provincial cabinet reshuffle is on the cards.
Heavy summer rains across South Africa have caused severe damage to agricultural areas and destroyed scores of households.
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/ 19 November 2010
Investigations into the allegedly corrupt dealings of Intaka Holdings have moved to Limpopo, where the company also had contracts.
The NPA is concerned over possible "political" remarks made by the magistrate in Wednesday’s bail decision of Northern Cape ANC leader John Block.
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/ 14 October 2008
Northern Cape ANC dissidents say an overwhelming majority of the party’s branches in the province are ready to listen to Mosiuoa Lekota.
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/ 16 September 2008
A suspended senior Northern Cape nature conservation official has won a prestigious international award for his work to save flamingos.
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/ 9 September 2008
Making maths fun to learn is the aim of an innovative new project, writes Sharon van Wyk.
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/ 6 September 2008
South Africa A on Friday took control of the second Castle four-day match against Sri Lanka A at De Beers Diamond Oval in Kimberley.
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/ 2 September 2008
Pitched battles between different factions of the ANC in the Northern Cape delayed the start of the party’s provincial conference last week.
Outgoing Northern Cape ANC chairperson John Block has apologised for the behaviour of some party members in the run-up to a provincial conference.
The Northern Cape African National Congress conference had still not started by noon on Wednesday.
The African National Congress (ANC) provincial conference in the Northern Cape did not start on Tuesday morning as planned.
In one corner, ”members of the Hidden Hand” who moonlight as the ”demonic forces of the dark”. In the other, ”Mugabe and his evil warriors”.
Trio told to vacate their offices and barred from participating in impact assessment, writes Fiona Macleod.
Tensions ahead of the African National Congress’s provincial conference in the Northern Cape reached a new high on Friday.
ANC leaders in the Northern Cape were on Wednesday accused of pushing factionalism and increasing tensions ahead of the provincial congress.
Three senior Northern Cape conservation officials have been suspended, possibly for their efforts to protect flamingos at Kamfers Dam as officials.
No disciplinary action will be taken against the Kimberley magistrate who released a number of suspects at the end of a working day in court in 2006.
More than 60% of municipalities cannot say where their money comes from and more than half cannot provide proof of how they spend it.
With his popularity waning, ANC president Jacob Zuma faces a series of hurdles.
The ANC Youth League faces yet another crisis after five of its provincial structures rejected Luthuli House’s endorsement of its controversially elected top five officials.
The businessman at the centre of the controversy surrounding an alleged R500 000 cash donation to the South African Communist Party (SACP) demanded on Thursday that the police ”get a move on” with the investigation into what happened to the money.
About 142 court cases linked to xenophobic violence have been opened countrywide, the National Prosecuting Authority said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Tlali Tlali said 102 of these were in Gauteng. Provincial police liaison officers approached said none of the 142 cases had reached the conviction stage yet.
When was the last time you heard from Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa, Free State Premier Beatrice Marshoff, Northern Cape’s Dipuo Peters or even KwaZulu-Natal’s S’bu Ndebele? I reckon not lately. It may be true that some, such as Marshoff and Peters, have always had a low public profile anyway. But Shilowa and Ndebele?
Wintry weather conditions are expected to appear this weekend, the South African Weather Service said on Wednesday. ”The first outbreak of cold weather this year will occur from Saturday, taking more effect on Sunday,” said forecaster Puseletso Mofokeng. He said rain-free conditions were expected until Friday.
Julius Malema has been elected as African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) president at the league’s national conference at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein. Malema received 1Â 883 votes, it was announced on Monday, while the other candidate, Saki Mofokeng, received 1Â 696.
The Telkom South African National Aquatic Championships came to a thrilling climax at the Kings Park Aquatic Centre in Durban on Sunday evening with an unprecedented 20 swimmers posting Olympic ”A” qualifying times. It was a fitting ending to a sensational Olympic trial for the country’s swimmers.
In the latest blow to South Africans already reeling from scheduled load-shedding, entire cities will now be plunged into darkness as Eskom institutes even more extreme power cuts. The shock development, which will be known as sector-sharing, will see the country divided into four vertical zones, each spanning many thousands of square kilometres.
A programme to trace people who default on their tuberculosis (TB) treatment was officially launched in the Northern Cape on Friday by Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. All provinces have established TB tracer teams of nurses and community health workers who visit homes to find defaulters and return them to their treatment regime.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Thursday said that production at the Golden Falls mine, formerly Cape Diamonds Elandslaagte mine, has been brought to a halt by mineworkers who have downed tools until they are awarded better wages. The NUM said the workers downed tools on Wednesday and were willing to strike indefinitely.