The way proceeds from the Lotto are being distributed leaves much to be desired, Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya said on Tuesday.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s former personal banker, Dikeledi Seakalema, will continue her testimony in the fraud and theft trial of the African National Congress Women’s League president on Wednesday.
Mike Lawrie, the administrator of the ZA domain on the internet, on Friday denied that he would shut it down should the government take over its administration.
ALMOST a year after a 16-year-old heroin addict was allegedly murdered at a rehabilitation centre at Noupoort, one of its employees was arrested for apparently assaulting two patients, Northern Cape police said on Tuesday.
After more than a month on the run, two men allegedly linked to a rightwing plot to overthrow the government were arrested in the Free State on Friday.
Police have arrested five of the six men wanted in connection with October’s Soweto and Bronkhorstpruit bombings and unearthed explosives ”clearly designed to kill”, a statement said on Wednesday.
None of the members of the Myburgh Commission of inquiry into the depreciation of the rand could offer conclusive reasons for the slide.
CHURCH leaders will face criminal charges if they fail to report sexual abuse cases, the Justice Department warned after the Catholic Church recently resolved not to report such offenders from within its ranks but rather deal with them internally.
The South African government condemned both Israel and Palestinians for actions against each other which claimed several lives.
President Thabo Mbeki, his Nigerian counterpart Olusegun Obasanjo and Australian Prime Minister John Howard are to meet in Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday to review the situation in Zimbabwe, the Foreign Affairs Department said on Wednesday.
The slow response of the international community to help relieve Africa’s food shortages could partly be ascribed to donor fatigue.
The European Union has provisionally agreed to recognise South Africa’s quality control systems for fresh fruit and vegetables exported to Europe, the government said on Wednesday.
A prison gang ”general”, who confessed to executing one of his ”soldiers” because he ”broke the rules” was sentenced to life in prison in the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will address about 10 000 people expected to take part in a protest march next weekend.
Jo’burg Summit: ‘We want action’
The Bulls stormed into third place on the Super 12 log with an astonishing 75-14 victory over an outplayed and outmuscled Stormers outfit at a packed Loftus stadium in Pretoria on Saturday afternoon. Stormers captain Neil de Kock was magnanimous in defeat. ”The Bulls played really well today and I hope they take this performance overseas and fly the flag for us,” he said.