Gwede Mantashe has cautioned Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande against losing focus of South Africa’s skills needs while promoting humanities.
Brics members — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — are expected to begin cross-listing financial products.
A lawsuit filed by Turkcell over a licence in Iran has implicated MTN executives and state officials in an explosive bribery and weapons scandal.
Leaders of the emerging world will discuss the creation of a new development bank at a summit shadowed by protests against the Chinese president.
The committee presiding over the inquiry into Wouter Basson’s professional conduct has ruled evidence the prosecution sought to use inadmissable.
President Jacob Zuma intends to position SA as a global force representing emerging African economies in international platforms at the Brics summit.
South Africa’s ambassador to Russia believes the African powerhouse should be used as a gateway to create business opportunities on the continent.
Not even the experts can agree on the economics of South Africa’s nuclear ambitions. The M&G’s Lionel Faull explains it in simple terms.
The Nelson Mandela Archive has turned Madiba’s life into a digital story — which could raise the ire of those who feel he’s being made into a martyr.
Taking the ANC to court could be political suicide for Julius Malema. Or it could be a stroke of genius, if he can get Kgalema Motlanthe to play ball.
Wouter Basson has told the HPCSA that he was acting "for the benefit of mankind" when he led the development of chemical weapons during apartheid.
Members of the DA Youth have staged a sit-in outside the Constitutional Court to protest what they deemed an "assault" on the Constitution.
Tebogo Mabye records the consequences of teenage pregnancy. Raised by a teenage mother, the 16-year-old is determined to stop the cycle by sharing his story.
Martin Guptill and Daniel Flynn battled hostile pace bowling to guide New Zealand to 65 for no loss at the close of play on the third day on Sunday.
Suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has apologised to all those he has offended in the past but insists his ideas won’t change.
A leading investment banker says South Africa’s gate-crashing of the political bloc defies logic because of the country’s lack of economic clout.
Those who know Nkhangwe Elias Nemudzivhadi were not surprised when he became the first recipient of the Professor Kader Asmal Award.
The top three winners in the Excellence in Special Needs Education category.
The top three winners in the Excellence in Secondary School Leadership category.
The top three winners in the Excellence in Secondary School Teaching category.
The winners in the Excellence in primary school teaching category were announced in Johannesburg recently.
While President Zuma delivered his Human Rights Day speech in Soweto, attendees told the M&G that human rights aren’t a reality for many South Africans.
Human Rights Day in Kliptown on Wednesday exhibited the deep irony of the South African social situation, writes <b>Nickolaus Bauer</b>.
The winners in the Excellence in Grade R Teaching category were announced in Johannesburg recently.
For the first time since their launch twelve years ago, the awards ceremony was beamed live during prime time to millions of SABC2 viewers.
Daniel Cuthbert traveled with ER24 paramedic teams in Durban, and Jo’burg, capturing the extraordinary dedication and care the teams have for their work.
Anglo American’s eMalahleni water reclamation plant, was the only mining initiative to be endorsed by the United Nations at COP17.
Whereas other countries in the world fight over water, many come to Southern Africa to learn how to share water equitably.
In national Water Month, Sipho Kings McDermott looks at the challenges to South Africa’s water resources and taps into a few possible solutions.
The ABB Group is using innovative technology to promote efficient energy use, writes Chesney Bradshaw.
Getting a licence to generate electricity can take as long as three years and several companies are competing for the opportunity.
Climate change is a fact and needed now are ways to deal with it that can coexist with development.