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/ 11 October 2010
The Thabo Mbeki Foundation launched on Sunday with the aim of making the 21st century an "African century".
Former All Blacks coach John Mitchell was stabbed by intruders who broke into his flat in Johannesburg, his club the Golden Lions said on Monday.
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/ 10 October 2010
The SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) has confirmed it is rejecting the government’s wage offer, a union official said on Sunday.
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/ 10 October 2010
JP Duminy’s record 96 not out and a tight final over bowled by Rusty Theron ensured South Africa beat Zimbabwe by eight runs on Sunday.
SA needs to re-examine its current policy on biofuels which would see the country use its excess maize without threatening food security.
The Congress of the People’s (Cope) national committee met on Friday and decided it would stop paying Charlotte Lobe, its general secretary.
Robert Gumede returned to Ellis Park stadium this week to announce he was the first black shareholder in a major South African rugby team.
Two new albums by Jim Neversink and Die See offer a uniquely South African take on Americana. <b>Lloyd Gedye</b> takes a listen.
The regularisation of Zimbabwean nationals is just the start of South Africa’s brand-spanking new immigration policy.
Mbhazima Shilowa, the deputy president of Cope, is considering turning down the nomination to oppose Mosiuoa Lekota for the party’s top job.
Two of the five suspects arrested for the murder of Jimmy Mohlala, the late speaker of Mbombela, are being investigated for other high-profile crimes.
Cape Town’s mayoral committee has defended the controversial riot-control methods of South African Police Service and city law enforcement officers.
The End of the Road festival offers a smorgasbord of folk, country, blues and indie-rock to the music connoisseur.
Moves to recognise the value of learning gained outside formal institutions continue.
For many school-leavers, how to finance university study is the first and most challenging question they face.
The appointment of a KZN education official as director general in the Presidency has come as a surprise in political circles.
The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs tackles the chaos and confusion surrounding the documentation process for Zimbabweans living in South Africa.
UniZulu’s partnership with wildlife organisation opens doors for students
UKZN recently hosted the second Network for Regional Integration Studies seminar, involving African, Caribbean and Pacific states.
Long-time Wits University registrar Derek Swemmer joined the University of the Free State (UFS) at the beginning of the month.
Though it could make a great difference to the lives of the rural poor, technology is a stumbling block.
The experts on how to survive as first-year university students are … this year’s second years. Here they share their advice for grade 12s.
It would have been fairly simple before the Currie Cup season began to predict the identities of the four semifinalists.
It is an irony of rich proportions that Zimbabwe’s five-match tour of SA should begin on Friday against the backdrop of a financial investigation.
Lack of awareness and fear leads to the symptoms often being put down to old age or witchcraft.
Government is sweeping under the carpet the core reasons for dysfunctional schooling.
Ari Sitas will head a government initiative "to rejuvenate and strengthen the social sciences and humanities", it was announced on Wednesday.
Rebuilding education will have to be incremental and all will have to help.
The congress of Cosatu’s teachers’ union, Sadtu, broke down in pandemonium on Thursday after delegates booed and heckled the ANC’s Gwede Mantashe.
Black Management Forum’s irrepressible president, Jimmy Manyi, has survived the latest attempt to boot him out of the presidency.
South Africa will face rolling blackouts from 2011 until 2016 — like those seen in 2008 — if drastic action is not taken.
The investigation into the death of German businessman Uwe Gemballa is focusing on a circle of people around Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir.