An American tourist was shot in a robbery in Sandton, just after stepping off the Gautrain to start his holiday in South Africa.
Illegal miners may have ambushed a proto team working underground at Harmony’s Phakisa mine, leading to their deaths, trade union Uasa says.
The Western Cape has dropped a bid for a high court action against new road traffic legislation, after receiving confirmation that its been delayed.
Minister of Mineral Resources Susan Shabangu on Wednesday was adamant that 26% of mines should be black-owned by 2014.
On Thursday Judge Meyer Joffe started handing down judgement in the corruption trial of former top cop Jackie Selebi.
Although Grahamstown may be soccer-weary for now, next week it will become the media capital of Africa.
Mineworkers’ union NUM on Wednesday formally notified Eskom of its intention to go on strike next week.
Trade union Solidarity will not accept Eskom’s 8% wage offer and has pushed through certain revisions for the power utility to consider.
The government will be stepping up its monitoring of the mining industry to ensure that transformation takes place, Minister Susan Shabangu said.
The National Union of Mineworkers on Wednesday notified Eskom of its intention to go on strike next week over wages, a union spokesperson said.
South Africa’s trade deficit narrowed sharply in May as exports rose despite a transport sector strike.
A potential strike at Eskom widened after a second union said on Wednesday its members rejected a new pay offer.
Botched circumcisions in South Africa have killed 40 boys and put more than 100 in hospital this month, a health official said on Wednesday.
SA paceman Dale Steyn is to be investigated by match referee Jeff Crowe for allegedly spitting in the direction of West Indies spinner Sulieman Benn.
Demand for credit by South Africa’s private sector registered the first annual growth in eight months in May, but was up only marginally.
A fan who berated England’s World Cup team after entering their dressing room has been fined after admitting being in an area without authorisation.
British journalist Simon Wright appeared in Cape Town’s special World Cup Court on Wednesday. Magistrate Grant Engel postponed the case to July 7.
Hosting the first Soccer World Cup in the age of Twitter, South Africa has discovered unexpected benefits in its campaign to market the country.
The National Union of Mineworkers’ (NUM) leaders have voted to go on strike at Eskom from next week.
Spain and Paraguay squeezed into the World Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday while Fifa boss Sepp Blatter apologised for two colossal refereeing blunders.
When it comes to the World Cup Jabulani football, perfect may not be good enough, according to scientists who have analysed the controversial ball.
Transnet Freight Rail chief executive Siyabonga Gama was "summarily dismissed" on Tuesday.
Paraguay beat Japan on penalties to move into the World Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday after the match finished goalless after extra time.
The National Union of Mineworkers on Tuesday rejected Eskom’s most recent wage offer.
Mozambican police authorities on Tuesday denied a news report that about 20 trafficked minors had been discovered on the border with South Africa.
Eskom has increased a disputed wage offer to workers in a move that may end a deadlock and avoid a potential strike.
SA diplomatic staff owe more than £600 000 (about R6,8-million) in unpaid traffic congestion charges to the UK government.
The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) hopes that rumours of a resurgence in xenophobic violence after the World Cup are "just a threat".
World Cup referees defended themselves on Tuesday in the wake of officiating blunders that led Sepp Blatter to apologise to England and Mexico.
Feudal authoritarianism had nothing to do with the Khayelitsha toilets saga, the African National Congress (ANC) said on Tuesday.
Vodacom said on Tuesday it has lost about $79-million in the last three months due to a regulatory rate cut.
An appeal application by Wouter Basson to overturn a court ruling allowing the HPCSA to continue probing his conduct was dismissed on Tuesday.