Former environmental portfolio committee chair Langa Zita is set to become the next DG of the department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries.
The ANC committee set up this week to defuse tension in the youth league excludes ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.
Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is not budging in her battle with MPs, who she accuses of misunderstanding the rules of Cabinet and Parliament.
The announcement was made in mid-March 1985: the <i>Rand Daily Mail</i> was to be closed down on 30 April.
The trade union is allowing a faction opposed to the youth league president to work from its offices.
Twenty five years of the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> in brief: 1985-2009
Cosatu has vowed to push ahead with its public service strike next week, despite the government revising its pay offer to 7%.
After the fact contract will make it hard to fix Phil Molefe’s irregular appointment at the SABC.
A company owned by Northern Cape ANC chair John Block is to ask the Supreme Court of Appeal to validate an irregular mining permit.
From apartheid death squads to the ‘Inkathagate’ scandal, and Jackie Selebi in more recent years, the <i>M&G</i> leads the investigative field.
<b>Faranaaz Parker</b> speaks to Firoz Cachalia, who made the front page in 1985.
<b>Guy Berger</b> is now a professor of journalism. Part of his early training for the job was a mission for <i>The Weekly Mail</i>.
Thuggish behaviour and ill-discipline among the Mokonyane juniors is a known fact throughout the township of Kagiso, writes one of the residents.
This book reflects 25 years of history in newsprint, writes editor <b>Shaun de Waal<b>.
Over its 25-year history, the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> and its staff and contributors have won many, many awards.
celebrations at the "demise" of outcomes-based education (OBE) suggest that our memories must be very short, says educationist <b>Cynthia Kros</b>.
<em>Sunday Times</em> journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika made a brief appearance in a Nelspruit court on Friday and was released on R5 000 bail.
The current attack on media freedom by the ANC and the South African Communist Party is consistent with the core values of neither party.
It’s not about numbers but a mind change that acknowledges the value of their roles.
South Africa’s president invited some celebrity guests to the Genadendal residence in 1997 — among them Charles Taylor.
While results on the field may be far from satisfactory, the South African Rugby Union was in a bullish mood this week.
The National Union of Mine Workers will meet management at Impala Platinum on Friday for further wage talks as its members vote on a possible strike.
Pitso Mosimane gave an indication of his vision when he announced a 22-man squad for the friendly match against Ghana on August 11 at Soccer City.
Calls are growing within the Western Cape ANC and among opposition parties for Zuma to withdraw Ebrahim Rasool’s candidacy for ambassador to the US.
Soccer City will be packed for the kick-off to the 2010-11 season on Saturday, when four Premier Soccer League clubs contest the Charity Telkom Cup.
Mpho Pule was a grandmother in her fifties when she was told that Nelson Mandela was her father. She spent the next 12 years trying to meet him.
The Mpumalanga premier has been accused of pushing through a deal to buy a building for more than four times its value.
If Clinton Nassif is all the state has to nail Glenn Agliotti for the murder of mining magnate Brett Kebble, they’re in trouble.
</i>Sunday Times</i> journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika will be released from detention ahead of his bail application in the court on Friday morning.
Lawyers for the Hawks and the <i>Sunday Times</i> were in negotiations on Thursday as to whether to release journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika.
The case against <em>Sunday Times</em> journalist Mzilikazi Wa Afrika will go ahead, Hawks spokesperson Musa Zondi said on Thursday.
The DA says it is dismayed by information presented to Parliament committee showing SA had provided millions to "rogue" African states.