ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has called on young people to rise up and fight for the "unbanning" of the youth league.
With ambitious state projects planned, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan faces a tough call in his 2012 budget speech: Should he raise taxes or not?
The Young Communist League has called for deputy agriculture minister Pieter Mulder to resign after comments he made about land reform redistribution.
Growing outrage over the killing of a Soweto teenager, apparently by a student police officer, has put police brutality under the spotlight again.
The Johannesburg City Library reopened its doors following a R68-million facelift. The M&G attended the opening to speak to those involved.
Although opposition parties criticised President Jacob Zuma’s acceptance of education and employment statistics, they were less scathing this year.
A day after SanParks reported 52 rhinos have been killed this year in South Africa, police say they have arrested five suspected rhino poachers.
The DA has readied itself for its pursuit of the records that led to the suspension of corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma.
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/ 13 February 2012
Deputy Transport Minister Jeremy Cronin says government is considering taking the responsibilities of Prasa and handing it to cities for management.
The president says he wants to review the powers the Constitutional Court holds, saying judges had different views and were influenced by the media.
Conference on how to curb carbon emissions generates tonnes of the stuff.
ANC Youth League heads Julius Malema, Floyd Shivambu and Sindiso Magaqa’s arguments to lessen their disciplinary sentences is due to begin on Monday.
Southern African foreign ministers discussed the deadlocked polls for a new African Union head and to chart the bloc’s strategy for the next vote.
The rand tumbled over 2% against the dollar after the Reserve Bank announced there would be an important weekend statement.
We catch up with ANC ministers and opposition party leaders following President Zuma’s State of the Nation address.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says the ANC and its youth league should be speaking to each other, and not through the media, when problems arise.
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/ 10 February 2012
South African stocks booked their first weekly decline since the beginning of 2012, falling 1.3% on Friday as investors cashed in resources firms.
In Julius Malema’s "farewell speech", he didn’t hesitate to criticise the leadership of the ANC.He clarified, we haven’t heard the last word on nationalisation.
Julius Malema has thrown caution to the wind, opening the ANCYL’s lekgotla with digs aimed at President Zuma, and renewed calls for nationalisation.
Analysts say the infrastructure drive unveiled by President Zuma must be combined with other programmes if it is to succeed in growing SA’s economy.
High security and aggressive policemen made a mockery of SA’s so-called "People’s Parliament" before the State of the Nation address on Thursday.
President Zuma has delivered one of his better State of the Nation speeches since taking office in 2009. Our politics team breaks it down for us.
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/ 9 February 2012
A high court judge has ruled that senior counsel status was not an honour the president could bestow on practising advocates.
South African banks say that a bid to bolster basic human rights by reinterpreting the National Credit Act could endanger the entire credit industry.
Research conducted in South Africa shows two thirds of the grade 6 learners surveyed did not know enough about HIV/Aids to protect their health.
Despite reports of ongoing shortages, the companies involved in printing and distributing school workbooks have been praised by the government.
President Zuma has given the Special Investigating Unit the go ahead to investigate Eskom for evidence of corruption, fraud and maladministration.
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/ 8 February 2012
Pick n Pay has announced its CEO Nick Badminton would be leaving the company at the end of February, as it faces an up-hill from US retailer Walmart.
MPs have questioned Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s income during negotiations on her deputy’s salary, saying she earned more than most judges.
The DA has detailed 10 broken promises since the President’s State of the Nation speech last year, and thinks this year will be "more of the same".
The ANCYL in the Eastern Cape has resolved to ignore the prospect of Julius Malema’s suspension until after Mangaung in December.
Cosatu has called on teachers to lead a strike its members will hold in a month’s time against labour brokers and proposed toll roads in Gauteng.