The number of South Africans carrying the HIV virus that causes Aids appeared to be stabilising, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said on Monday.
African academics all want to be involved in NEPAD, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, recognising it, despite reservations, as an unprecedented effort to pull the continent up by its bootstraps.
In the application to have the ”crossing-the-floor” legislation declared unconstitutional, the Constitutional Court was told the defection law in question diminishes the Constitution and ”devalues the vote”.
Corruption and mismanagement in South Africa prisons are to be probed by the Special Investigating Unit, Justice Minister Penuell Maduna said on Wednesday.
Syndicates dealing in weapons, especially AK47 assault rifles, are operating along South Africa’s border with Lesotho, Safety and Security minister Charles Nqakula said on Monday.
The Lesbian and Gay Equality Project on Friday said it had expected that the Pretoria High Court would dismiss an application by lesbian couple Marie Fourie and Cecilia Bonthuys for same sex marriages to be legalised, recognised and registered.
Higher education institutions cannot be left to undertake mergers among themselves voluntarily, says Education Minister Kader Asmal.
South Africa’s all-commodities producer price index rose by 15,4% in the year to August after increasing by 15,2% in July, Statistics South Africa figures released on Wednesday show.
A young Pretoria waiter told the Pretoria High Court that he had decided to shoot his brother because he was furious about being framed for the murder of their parents.
Two more men were arrested on Wednesday in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow the government, police reported. Detective services representative Phuti Setati said thus far 17 people had been arrested in connection with the coup plot by white extremists.
Poor people would be able to buy a 12,5kg bag of maize at nearly half price in terms of a deal struck between the government and the private sector, Cabinet announced on Thursday.
Citing the Iraq situation, South African President Thabo Mbeki stressed on Thursday the role of the United Nations in bringing about peace in the world.
Five men had been arrested in two incidents in Pretoria for possession of Aldicarb — a drug used to poison pets, especially dogs, by would-be burglars, police said.
Maximum access was necessary to dispel any suspicion of a cover-up in the probe into South Africa’s multi-billion rand arms deal, a Pretoria High Court Judge said on Friday.
There is no trace of a letter purportedly sent to the President Thabo Mbeki to warn him about the recent Soweto bombings, the presidency said on Wednesday.
THE South African government on Friday afternoon said it was gravely concerned by reports that Israel was massing troops on its border with the Gaza Strip.
No government should be pressured by terrorists to do something it was not prepared to do, former president Nelson Mandela said on Monday.
The Pretoria Commercial Crimes Court refused on Tuesday to postpone the corruption trial of former African National Congress Chief Whip Tony Yengeni and businessman Michael Woerfel.
Police believed they had destroyed whatever infrastructure the right-wing Boeremag organisation had, government representative Joel Netshitenzhe said on Thursday.
South African farmer Crawford von Abo, arrested in Zimbabwe on Sunday, had been released and was expected to appear in court on Tuesday.
South Africans should not expect a drop in interest rates for the remainder of the year, Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni said on Tuesday.
South Africa and China are to work jointly in developing herbal medicine.
Economic activity in the country continued to rise, with an increase of 2,2% in the Gross Domestic Product in the first quarter of the year compared to the previous quarter, reports Statistics South Africa.
The Congress of SA Trade Unions has urged all South Africans to support its two-day strike against privatisation starting on Tuesday.
The state arms agency, Armscor, said the Department of Justice’s specialised commercial crime unit had been given access to all documentation it might require in order to investigate the alleged smuggling of missile technology to Chile.
A South African Islamic charity organisation and the Foreign Affairs Department are to deliver a R5-million aid package to Palestinian refugees in Ramallah.
Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz arrived in South Africa on Wednesday for a five-day visit that will include a meeting in Pretoria on Thursday with President Thabo Mbeki.
South Africa’s intelligence services will ensure that ”mad rightwingers” threatening the peace will regret the day they were born, Intelligence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said on Friday.
The latest hotel occupancy statistics confirm Tourism Minister Valli Moosa’s description of South Africa as a ”hot” tourist destination.
Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging leader Eugene Terre’Blanche has received a second chance at an early release from prison.
The Noupoort Christian Care Centre said it would refuse a government-appointed investigating team access for its probe into alleged human rights violations at the Northern Cape drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility.
The South African Council for Educators has struck the names of 11 teachers off the roll during the past three months, in most cases because of sexual misconduct.