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.
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/ 7 February 2012
<b>Gavin Heron</b> explains his frustration with the amount of waste we generate.
Richard Branson has vowed to get to the bottom of a racist incident at an SA Virgin Active gym, amid further claims of similar cases in Jo’burg.
Zwelinzima Vavi says the ANC needs to "fix its house" and rediscover its "revolutionary morality" to remain a beacon of hope to the people of SA.
MPs will be served their fancy State of the Nation dinner in a parking lot, as the normal venue for the banquet is being used by the Mining Indaba.
Simply listening to his people won’t help, President Zuma must lead us, writes <b>Nickolaus Bauer</b>.
AmaBhungane advocacy coordinator Glenda Daniels brings us up to speed on the state of the fight for media freedom and the secrecy bill.
Cosatu’s call for a labour broker ban has been cast in a new light by research showing a quarter of jobs created since 1994 were filled by brokerages.
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/ 6 February 2012
A wage dispute at Impala Platinum has been resolved between it and the National Union of Mineworkers, leaving no need for the CCMA, the parties say.
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/ 6 February 2012
The South African Rugby Union and Cricket South Africa have warned about a conman who tries to extort money by pretending to be a sports official.
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/ 6 February 2012
Liquor traders and the Democratic Alliance have raised questions about government’s liquor Bill, saying it would be difficult to enforce.