Blade Nzimande says the focus of higher education will shift from universities to FET colleges, which must be overhauled in line with workplace needs.
Zimbabwe’s vice-president Joice Mujuru has denied a rift between Mugabe’s Zanu-PF and the ANC, saying her country was "grateful" to SA’s ruling party.
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An Eastern Cape resort is being investigated for saying a black child was not welcome there and that the only the black people allowed were employees.
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A local fast food franchise has brought out special "braille" hamburgers, in a jab at a rival’s recent refusal to allow a guide dog onto its premises.
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Bafana Bafana have drawn 1-1 against Zambia in their practice match at Rand Stadium, which yielded a meagre crowd and threats from Bafana.
Thabo Mbeki’s office says it has not yet received a call from the ANC Youth League to meet after Julius Malema said he would be requesting one.
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Transnet has launched its new mutli-product pipeline which will be able to transport petrol, diesel, jet fuel and gas from Durban to Heidelberg.
The University of Johannesburg says it will pay the tuition fees of the man whose mother was killed in a stampede at its Bunting Road campus.
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Nearly three decades after she was entangled in a controversial Olympic final, Zola Budd has set herself a modest goal at the Comrades Marathon.
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Fedusa says it is worried that Ethe high risk of power outages announced by Eskom could affect households and businesses for the rest of the month.
The <em>M&G</em> speaks to the founder of new online music service Airborne about how SA artists can make the most of an enormous internet audience.
After a fatal stampede in Johannesburg, questions are being raised about why late applicants in Gauteng target UJ and not other universities.
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South Africa and Cuba have signed a memorandum to put a stamp on the cooperation between the two country’s armies.
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The ANC has thanked the municipality of Mangaung in the Free State for hosting the party’s centenary celebrations and making it a "runaway success".
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The bail application of Dobrosav Gavric, who was allegedly driving underworld figure Cyril Beeka when he was shot dead in March, has been postponed.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande’s "wonderful problem" came back to haunt him when a stampede at UJ left one woman dead and 17 injured.
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TopTV says it will be at the South Gauteng High Court on Friday to fight Icasa’s interdict to stop it from launching a 24-hour pornography channel.
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The Constitutional Court’s is due to confirm or reject of a high court ruling that some sections of the Children’s Act are unconstitutional.
Neither the University of Johannesburg nor the metro police is willing to accept responsibility for the fatal stampede at the Bunting Road campus.
A woman has been crushed to death in a stampede at the University of Johannesburg, after applicants desperate for a berth rushed the varsity’s gates.
The ANC slaughtered a bull ahead of the centenary celebrations as part of a traditional cleansing ceremony.
The number of quality maths and physical science passes achieved by the class of 2011 bodes ill for SA’s plans to create five million jobs by 2020.
Albie Morkel, who’s in the Proteas’ team for their ODIs against Sri Lanka after a series of injury setbacks, says he’s back with a better attitude.
During his centenary address, President Jacob Zuma said the ANC is determined to move towards the second centenary with a more rejuvenated organisation.
The chamber of commerce and industry says the impact of an illegal KwaZulu-Natal toll plaza strike will impact the transportation of goods.
The Africa Open gave SA golfer Lyle Rowe his best-paying opportunity yet when he finished on 18 under total 274 to tie for eighth in the tournament.
Christine Lagarde says the eurozone might avoid a recession in 2012 as there have been massive changes over the last 18 months.
The musician who died at the ANC’s celebrations in Bloemfontein was 54-year-old Sizanempi Nxusa, who came from President Zuma’s hometown of Nkandla.
The life of Nelson Mandela is to be the subject of a $20-million internationally-produced television miniseries entitled, simply, <i>Madiba</i>.
Despite losing the third Test in Cape Town on Friday, and the series, Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan was still smiling.
The IMF’s Christine Lagarde says the South African economy’s biggest threats in 2012 will be unemployment and the eurozone crisis.
Zimbabwe media have reported that President Robert Mugabe will not be attending the ANC’s 100th anniversary celebrations in Bloemfontein.