The ANC Youth League national executive committee (NEC) meets on Friday evening amid chaos in its provincial chapters.
The ANC has called the move a deliberate attempt to extend the DA’s political power in the province.
Hidden below Johannesburg where trains once ran, <b>Nechama Brodie</b> finds fragments of a time gone by.
I find Johannesburg captivating. I can’t say I will always be here but it has shaped me and whatever I will do in the future.
In 2006 the City of Johannesburg drafted a transport action plan detailing how transport should work during the World Cup.
The World Cup has come and gone and Fifa’s officially endorsed exhibition, the <em>2010 Legacy</em> collection, is on display until the end of July.
The mass of plastic hands east of Johannesburg are a boon for the landscape, but is there an audience in South Africa for public art projects?
South Africa’s biggest listed apparel retailer, Truworths, expects to report a 10% to 13% rise in full-year headline earnings per share.
World 800m champion Caster Semenya comfortably won her first race in 11 months in a time of 2:04.22 in Finland on Thursday night.
President Jacob Zuma met the boss of a South Korean shipping multinational before the Korean signed a major deal with Zuma’s nephew on Monday.
NOT QUITE THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK: <b>Shaun de Waal</b> reviews <em>Themba</em>, a new South African movie.
There was something very odd about Jackie Selebi’s choice of policeman to testify about his abilities and dedication as police chief this week.
An exodus of senior managers from the communications department has followed Mamodupi Mohlala’s appointment as director general 10 months ago.
Anger management classes are a ‘good idea’ for banned Springbok lock Bakkies Botha, says coach.
Crowds at local matches are likely to continue
to dwindle despite World Cup euphoria, writes <b>Mark Gleeson</b>.
While Siphiwe Nyanda was living a five-star life at Cape Town’s top hotels, his deputy minister and director general were following his example.
<em>Mail & Guardian</em> staffers take the opportunity to make excuses for their World Cup predictions.
The celebration of Nelson Mandela and what he stands for is invariably marred by individuals and organisations that promote their own interests.
It’s an elephant dressed up as a sheep, the <i>M&G</i> told Parliament when the draconian Protection of Information Bill was introduced.
Tata Madiba turns 92 on Sunday, and will hopefully enjoy a long lie-in, a lazy brunch, and an afternoon with his grandchildren.
It is becoming an old and rather monotonous story. Someone resigns from the presidency and presidential aide Lakela Kaunda gets blamed.
Little attention within the Public Service Broadcasting Bill has focused on the implications of the Bill for the regulator, Icasa.
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa on Thursday dismissed reports of xenophobic attacks in some parts of the country.
A backpackers in Soweto is brimming with tourists here for football and a taste of authentic South African culture.
Since taking office, Jacob Zuma’s government has spent a total of R1,5-billion on luxury cars, hotel accommodation, and tickets to sporting events.
Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda on Thursday rejected a report that he was suspending his director-general as "false, spurious and malicious".
Congress of the People’s (Cope) Mvume Dandala formally resigned as its parliamentary leader and as an MP with immediate effect on Thursday.
<b>Ray Ndlovu</b> writes about the influx of panic-stricken Zimbabweans making their way home in fear of xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
From the ear-popping highest point on the Witwatersrand you can look back on the city of Johannesburg, on the horizon to the north.
Nelson Mandela celebrates his 92nd birthday on Sunday, just one week after the World Cup showed off the successes of democratic South Africa.
The Industrial Development Corporation said on Thursday it had approved R1,4-billion in loans to distressed companies during last year’s recession.
Officials seem to be avoiding use of the word xenophobia in the hope that the violence in the Western Cape will subside, NGOs charged on Wednesday.