Teenage footballers who dream of becoming star South African professionals are taking up ballet to give them the edge on the field.
In just two weeks life has changed dramatically for Simon Magakwe, who emerged from nowhere to become SA’s new sprint king.
The Democratic Alliance is the party to stop the ANC’s bid to gain a two-thirds majority, its leader Hellen Zille said on Tuesday.
To deny Limpho Hani the right to participate in the parole hearing of her husband’s killer was ”cruel justice, a Pretoria court heard on Tuesday.
Members of a group called ”Genoeg is Genoeg” marched to the Union Buildings on Friday to protest against reckless driving by taxi drivers.
Somali refugees who were evicted from the Klerksoord refugee camp in Akasia on Monday do not want to be reintegrated into the South African community.
A Pretoria couple drove 170km from the Kruger National Park with a Mozambique spitting cobra in their car, according to a media report on Wednesday.
The Pretoria minibus taxi driver who allegedly drove over and killed 16-year-old Bernadine Kruger was granted R1000 bail on Monday.
City of Tshwane officials burnt shacks at Klerksoord refugee camp in Akasia, north of Pretoria, on Monday after evicting more than 300 people.
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/ 27 February 2009
She had no will of her own while she was with her lover, Dirk Prinsloo, Cezanne Visser told the Pretoria High Court on Friday.
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/ 26 February 2009
About 50 people gathered outside court on Thursday to mourn the death of Bernadine Kruger, who was run over by a taxi earlier this week.
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/ 25 February 2009
A minibus taxi driver who allegedly ran down a girl on a scooter in Pretoria should be charged with murder, the Freedom Front Plus said on Wednesday.
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/ 19 February 2009
Cezanne Visser, also known as Advocate Barbie, never asked for help in getting out of her relationship with Dirk Prinsloo, a court heard on Thursday.
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/ 19 February 2009
Pretoria and Tshwane can co-exist as the names of SA’s capital city and its metro, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe told an audience in the city.
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/ 19 February 2009
When it comes to the treasury, common sense does eventually prevail; it just takes a while.
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/ 18 February 2009
Two child witnesses testified for the second time against Cezanne Visser, or ”Advocate Barbie”, in the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday.
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/ 16 February 2009
Former advocate Cezanne Visser, or Advocate Barbie, admitted most of the state’s sex claims against her on Monday.
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/ 16 February 2009
Cezanne Visser, also known as ”Advocate Barbie”, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of soliciting minors to perform indecent acts.
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/ 11 February 2009
An urgent application to interdict President Kgalema Motlanthe from proclaiming the election date was struck off the roll in court on Wednesday.
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/ 3 February 2009
Around 150 guests including government and media set off from Midrand on Tuesday on the first trip aboard the rapid-moving Gautrain.
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/ 3 February 2009
Students were left in the dark about their academic future as strike action at the Tshwane University of Technology campus continued on Monday.
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/ 2 February 2009
The legal battle over payment of outstanding bus subsidies to Gauteng bus operators continued in the Pretoria High Court on Monday.
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/ 30 January 2009
Merger assimilated a mish-mash of student cultures, staff work ethics, academic standards and disparate infrastructure.
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/ 26 January 2009
Southern African leaders opened fresh talks on Monday to end Zimbabwe’s political crisis.
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/ 14 January 2009
A magistrate’s court heard on Tuesday how a car with a family of four spun several times, hitting a concrete barrier, and then bursting into flames.
Tougher legislation to deal with ruthless police killers would be a positive step, the South African Police Union said on Friday.
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/ 12 December 2008
A court on Friday dismissed with costs an application by the ANC to stop a breakaway group using the name Congress of the People.
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/ 10 December 2008
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has withdrawn from the court battle between the ANC and Cope.
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/ 9 December 2008
Justice department boss Menzi Simelane is to be probed by the Public Service Commission for his role in the suspension of ex-NPA boss Vusi Pikoli.
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/ 4 December 2008
A government task team will be established to handle the effects of the global economic crisis, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel announced on Thursday.
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/ 4 December 2008
Cabinet has approved plans to embark on R7,3-billion project to augment the Vaal river system, it was reported on Thursday.
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/ 2 December 2008
The ANC will file an urgent application against the use of the name Congress of the People in court next week Wednesday, it was reported on Tuesday.