The demand for electricity is set to increase by about 2% in 2011 as the country’s economy recovers, Eskom CEO Brian Dames said on Thursday.
Mpumalanga minister Madala Masuku condemned the killing of the Ehlanzeni district municipality chief whip, Madala Masuku on Thursday.
While the overall pass rate for matriculants had increased, the number of students who sat the mathematics paper and then passed, dropped in 2010.
The Emfuleni municipality in Gauteng and the Mpumalanga province issued flood warnings on Thursday after main rivers began overflowing.
The 2010 matric results showed the country was on the right track, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
A prominent cricket official was shot dead outside Sahara Park Newlands on Wednesday, the Western Province Cricket Association said.
Once again, China has scored points in Africa. Beijing wants South Africa to become the fifth member of the Bric countries.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has described the matric pass rate of 67,8% as a "significant achievement".
More than 67% of matrics passed last year’s exams — up from 60,7% in 2009, the basic education ministry announced in Pretoria on Thursday.
Floods in KwaZulu-Natal had claimed five lives by Wednesday as heavy rains continued to soak large parts of the country.
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Jacques Kallis grafted a brave unbeaten half-century to lift SA to 212-6 at tea on the fourth day of the third Test against India on Wednesday.
The ANC chief whip in the Ehlanzeni district municipality in Mpumalanga was killed in the Mhala district in the early hours of Wednesday.
More than 1 300 road deaths have been recorded since December 2010, the Road Traffic Management Corporation said on Wednesday.
South Africa will push for reform of the United Nations Security Council during a two-year stint as a rotating member of the group.
At least 440 cases of malaria have been reported in Limpopo, provincial health department spokesperson Cecil Motsepe said on Wednesday.
The Joe Slovo Foundation, which will serve to commemorate his life’s work and raise funds for education and housing, was established on Wednesday.
South African Pioneer Food Group will spend about R1-billion in the current financial year on expansion projects, it said on Wednesday.
Free State arts and culture minister Dan Kgothule was fined R20 000 or 12 months in prison for speeding by the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court.
The release of matric results for candidates who wrote the IEB exam has led to inevitable comparisons between public and private schools.
Telkom says the deadline for unbundling the local loop, the "last mile" of copper cables that connects consumers to its network, is "unrealistic".
The water affairs department was expected to issue a flood warning on Wednesday after two days of heavy rainfall devastated parts of the country.
Orlando Pirates head coach Ruud Krol has set his side a target this season of qualifying for the African Champions League in 2012.
Executive councillor in KwaZulu-Natal urges government investigation after 15 die over New Year weekend.
South Africans are underinsured by a massive R18,4-trillion.
Property funds dominate etfSA’s Performance Survey.
The SA National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) has added its voice to those condemning police for arresting two journalists.
South Africa’s coal exports rose to 63,43-million tons in 2010 from 61,14-million tons the previous year, the Richards Bay Coal Terminal said.
The Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) is to investigate recent police action against two <em>Sowetan</em> journalists.
Injured photographer João Silva, who was hurt in a landmine blast in Afghanistan last year, is improving, his wife said on Tuesday.
The brother of South African Deborah Calitz, the woman taken hostage by Somali pirates last year, said there is still no update on her whereabouts.