The rand has regained strength ahead of a meeting between IMF chief Christine Lagarde and Pravin Gordhan on Friday to discuss its volatility.
As President Zuma prepares to address the ANC’s centenary celebrations, the youth league and Cosatu are fuming over being denied the chance to speak.
As the ANC’s centenary celebrations kick off, the <em>M&G</em> looks at the cast of characters championing Jacob Zuma’s re-election as party leader.
The Eastern Cape’s education department has had to ask the province’s treasury for a R15-million bailout to settle salaries stilled owed to teachers.
After a drop in its 2011 matric pass rate, the KwaZulu-Natal education department says poverty is one of the largest stumbling blocks for its pupils.
The ANC in the Eastern Cape is to sit down with the Mandela family in a bid to shield the party from the fallout over Mandla Mandela’s marital woes.
The ANC expects 46 heads of state at its 100th anniversary bash this weekend, but isn’t sure iconic leader Nelson Mandela will attend.
The class of 2011 has achieved a 70.2% matric pass rate — up from 67.8% in 2010, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced.
Cosatu has urged the ANC to look at transformation in the JSE, which it says is more than 80% white, capitalist-owned, and increasingly foreign-owned.
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife has said its rhino hunt tender, won by a KwaZulu-Natal businessman, will benefit the impoverished community of KwaMduku.
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A drug mule who entered South Africa with capsules of liquid cocaine in his stomach has died in hospital of an overdose-induced heart attack.
South Africa will be president of the UN Security Council for the month of January, a position it will use to strengthen ties between the UN and AU.
After a two-year hiatus from politics, former president Thabo Mbeki has confirmed he will attend the ANC’s centenary celebrations in Mangaung.
The rand was on much firmer footing against the dollar on the new year’s second day of trading after bearing the brunt of asset sell-off in 2011.
Roelof van der Merwe has been suspended for one Big Bash League match for failing a roadside alcohol breath test on New Year’s Day.
A case of culpable homicide is being investigated after a police van hit and killed two cyclists who were riding on a tandem bicycle in Kliprivier.
Safa has announced Bafana Bafana’s upcoming international friendlies have been downgraded after problems acquiring players for international duty.
The DA wants Menzi Simelane to pay for the appeal against the ruling invalidating his NPA job, even though ConCourt must review the case anyway.
KwaZulu-Natal premier Zweli Mkhize has again denied being part of a plot to replace President Zuma as the leader of both the ANC and the country.
The Proteas left Durban on Saturday hoping to put the Kingsmead curse behind them and start 2012 with a home series win against Sri Lanka.
A record number of rhinos have been poached in South Africa this year as rising demand in Asia for their horns led to a massive upswell in killings.
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/ 30 December 2011
The <i>M&G</i> rounds up the top cheap(ish) thrills to be had in Jo’burg, Cape Town & Durban as the festive season winds down.
Although NPA boss Menzi Simelane has been replaced by Nomgcobo Jiba for now, this might not be the end of the road for the under-fire legal eagle.
Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi has died, aged 69, after being admitted to hospital for a respiratory infection earlier this year.
President Jacob Zuma has named controversial advocate Nomgcobo Jiba to act as head of the NPA, replacing "invalid" appointee Menzi Simelane.
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/ 28 December 2011
The ANC Youth League has expressed their sadness at the lost of national executive and working committee member Vusi Mhlongo on Christmas Eve.
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/ 28 December 2011
South African soccer hit a few snags in 2011 and the rise in the dominance of Orlando Pirates remained one of the biggest positives of the sport.
President Jacob Zuma has given up on his bid to appeal a court ruling that found his appointment of Menzi Simelane as head of the NPA was invalid.
South Africa’s Kevin Anderson has pulled out of the tennis season’s opening Brisbane International ATP 250 event due to a niggling knee injury.
The transport minister agrees it is unlawful to confiscate drivers’ licences on the spot, but remains set on forcing reckless motorists off the road.
Disgraced former police commissioner Jackie Selebi will be kept "indefinitely" in the medical wing of a correctional services facility.