Eighteen elderly people were killed and several others injured when a fire broke out at an old age home in Nigel, paramedics said on Monday.
Author Ariel Dorfman said on Saturday that former enemies in both post-apartheid SA and in Chile must show remorse for past wrongs.
President Jacob Zuma has delegated Public Service Minister Richard Baloyi to intervene in the dispute between Siphiwe Nyanda his director general.
During the annus mirabilis of 1960 17 independent African states were born, creating great expectations for the rebirth of a continent.
SA’s trade account swung back into surplus in June, partly boosted by a backlog of exports resulting from a transport strike the previous month.
A media tribunal would be an "imposition" on media freedom, press ombudsman Joe Thloloe warned on Friday.
While police action this time around has been swift, justice for many of those involved in the xenophobic attacks has been painfully slow.
Although there are compelling reasons to include women in companies, they remain sidelined.
Failed black businesses say Pick n Pay was not upfront with them when they took over stores.
The price of all grades of petrol will drop by 10 cents per litre on Wednesday next week, the Energy Department said on Friday.
Membathisi Mdladlana, the Labour Minister, wants the ANC’s national general council in September to discuss radical changes to the labour laws.
The ANC is planning to regulate how money is used to support candidates in leadership contests.
A showdown is looming between the leftist and nationalist factions when the ANC’s national general council kicks off in Durban in September.
Mohau Pheko, ambassador-designate to Canada, admitted this week that she was fired from the <i>Sunday Times</i> in 2008 after plagiarising material.
The ANC has moved to allay fears that its proposed media tribunal is an attempt to curb media freedom.
Another journalist was allegedly on Brett Kebble’s "hit list" of people he wanted "taken out", the South Gauteng High Court heard on Friday.
The government will not budge from its offer of a 6,5% wage increase to the public-service sector.
More tender irregularities are emerging from the beleaguered Water Affairs Department.
It is unlikely that ANC leaders will buy into the league’s argument for the state to take over the mines.
Omar Badsha is best known as a photographer and activist, but his exhibition offers insight into a neglected era of South African art and culture.
Sir Ian McKellen is in Cape Town to perform in <i>Waiting for Godot</i>. <b>Brent Meersman</b> caught up with him.
There is hope that under new leadership telecoms giant Telkom will turn the corner.
The ANC Youth League is to use its national general council in August to remind the ANC that it is an autonomous structure.
Five days in October have been set down for trial in the murder case against Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye and co-accused Kenneth Tshabalala.
The formerly disadvantaged will be able to pick up shares at an 80% discount.
The four former University of Free State students known as the "Reitz Four" have each been sentenced to a R20 000 fine or 12 months imprisonment.
Conservationists warn that if poaching continues at the current rate, the number of killings will outstrip the new births.
Knowledge of the human condition and critical thinking are vital for our country’s economic and political future, writes <b>Lawrence Hamilton</b>
Bok coach Peter de Villiers faces a misconduct charge after suggesting a conspiracy theory to help the All Blacks ahead of next year’s World Cup.
South African investment bank and asset manager Investec said on Friday first-quarter net operating income rose by 11%.
12 Decades, Johannesburg’s first art hotel, commissioned 12 designers each to create a room with a theme based on a decade in the city’s history.
We need Africans to provide solutions to the continent’s problems.