Reaction to the release of the government’s green paper on National Health Insurance has been marked by support and tempered with concerns.
The NUM is meeting with Impala Platinum to avoid a possible wage strike which could hurt the world’s second-largest platinum producer.
It might sound counterproductive, but any strategy to address violence against women has to work to empower men too, says Helen Joseph speaker.
After a month of messing around with extended squads, the Bok coaching team is sending something close to its best team into battle with Australia.
SA Cabinet ministers needed to sell their expensive cars, Archbishop Desmond Tutu said in a report on Friday.
The NHI will be funded by contributions by those who earn above a certain level, over and above normal tax contributions, the health minister says.
The finance minister has defended a controversial R2.4-billion bailout for Swaziland, saying he hoped it would encourage democratic shifts there.
The odds are 60-40 against the global economy falling back into a so-called double dip recession, says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
The ANC Youth League has highlighted the cost of healthcare in the wake of Cabinet’s approval that the NHI green paper be released for public comment.
There was a sense of excitement in going into the next stage of his life, Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo said at his farewell ceremony on Thursday.
The Cabinet urged South Africans and businesses on Thursday to exercise caution and responsibility in the management of finances.
Gloomy comments from the reserve bank were the backdrop to a fall in bond yields and a volatile day for the rand, which ended down against the dollar.
To counteract the weak local market, South Africa-based construction firms are looking to Africa to export their services and expertise.
Cosatu has said it is not in disarray after an advert in the <i>Sowetan</i> by Numsa dealt with federation leader Zwelinzima Vavi’s succession.
A civil society group has criticised the United States for trying to be the "policeman of the world" and interfering in the affairs of other nations.
A manhunt has been launched for one of the country’s most wanted criminals, Bongani Moyo, who escaped custody on crutches.
<b>Victoria John</b> went to Johannesburg’s Sci-Bono Centre where she spent the afternoon being guided by a blind person through complete darkness.
The latest survey done on retirement shows a positive trend in South Africa of retirement savings having reached their highest levels in a decade.
The Democratic Alliance urged President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday to change policy direction and adopt a new, growth-oriented economic framework.
After a public spat with singer Simphiwe Dana, DA leader Helen Zille says that the social platform Twitter can be as troublesome as it is useful.
<b>Sukasha Singh</b> gets in touch with her inner crash test dummy in the newly upgraded Honda Accord.
Employment in July was down for the third consecutive month although jobs in the public sector grew, according to the Adcorp Employment Index.
India, Brazil and South Africa (Ibsa) are launching a mission to Syria, in a bid to halt a deadly crackdown on anti-regime protests there.
The ANC says it postponed a meeting with the ANC Youth League’s new leaders as some issues that needed addressing could lead to disciplinary action.
Multiparty elections could take place before the end of 2011, Syria’s vice-foreign minister said after meeting his South African counterpart.
An alleged racial incident between two rugby teams should not be allowed to damage the image of rugby in South Africa, says Fikile Mbalula.
Women are not as active in the South African economy as they should be due to the high adult unemployment rate in the country, an economist has said.
Oscar Pistorius and world 800m champion Caster Semenya have been included in the SA team for the World Athletics Championships in Daegu.
Some domestic workers from disadvantaged backgrounds are not aware of their legal rights and are vulnerable to bad labour practices, Fedusa says.
A slowing US economy, growing debt crisis in Europe and South Africa’s economic outlook: read our preview of this week’s finance news.
The Safa values its television rights at between R130-million and R150-million a year, an official revealed this week.
Jacob Zuma has announced that a Bill to recognise and protect indigenous Khoisan people will be finalised in September.