Minister of Sport Fikile Mbalula said on Tuesday he still wants the country to bid for the 2020 Olympic Games.
The Public Enterprises Ministry has blamed the media for government’s failure to consult leaders of state-owned enterprises before dismissing them.
Last Friday, Zapiro published his third cartoon in a series that invokes a rape metaphor to describe government violations of democratic institutions.
Government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi said he was planning to buy airtime on television for national ministers.
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The public works department’s decision to stop issuing tenders could damage the building industry, which was still recovering from the recession.
A gay woman was stabbed four times by men who accused her of stealing their girlfriends in Crossroads in the Western Cape.
The 26-nation Tripartite Free Trade Area will draw investment to SA by making it a springboard for low-duty access to the rest of Africa, the DTI says
The department of home affairs is investigating reports that the slain head of al-Qaeda in East Africa was travelling on a South African passport.
Judgment was reserved on Monday in an appeal by the Reitz Four against their sentences.
Captain Johannes Ramphora on Monday described the scene of a deadly fire that killed 12 people at the Struisbult Care Centre in Springs as "terrible".
The high court in Pretoria has ordered that four of the Boeremag treason-trial accused may no longer be held in leg irons overnight.
SA’s best-known cartoonist, Zapiro, could again face legal action by the ANC following the publication of a new cartoon of President Jacob Zuma.
Xolile Mngeni, one of the two men in police custody for the murder of Anni Dewani, has had surgery to remove a brain tumour, a court has been told.
But 84% of members also say their schemes offer good value for money and more expensive options with more benefits provide the best value.
KwaZulu-Natal wildlife officials are investigating what caused a hyena to attack a 13-year-old pupil who was sleeping in a tent in a game reserve.
The case of former Mandela Children’s Fund trustee Jeremy Ractliffe, who faces charges relating to uncut diamonds, has been postponed.
Public Works Minister Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde has announced a moratorium on all new property deals to allow a clean-up operation in her department.
The tripartite alliance was "functional", the SACP said on Sunday, but general secretary Blade Nzimande said there were problems in some provinces.
South African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday launched Africa’s biggest free trade bloc aimed at enhancing cooperation between 26 nations.
Albertina Sisulu’s name has become synonymous with the struggle for freedom, justice, human rights and dignity, the president said at her funeral.
Nelson Mandela has praised anti-apartheid heroine Albertina Sisulu as "the mother of all our people", in a statement at her funeral.
The halftime break for the 2011 rugby Tri-Nations championship will be extended from 10 minutes to 12 minutes to help teams prepare for the World Cup
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Mining company Exxaro has been granted a temporary interdict prohibiting workers from striking over restructuring plans at the company.
Police have denied shooting rubber bullets and teargas at protesters from two helicopters on Friday night in Noordgesig, Soweto.
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A 31-year-old man who allegedly stabbed a doctor to death at a hospital in Mpumalanga appeared in the Middelburg Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
The DA has welcomed the acknowledgement of the "unintended negative consequences" that South Africa’s strict labour laws have had on unemployment.
The ANC has appealed to South Africans to read the National Planning Commission’s report and help find meaningful solutions to SA’s problems.
Train drivers were not prepared to be "scapegoats" for Metrorail’s system failures, the United Transport and Allied Workers’ Union said on Friday.