Cope kicked off its national congress on Friday afternoon six hours late, and speakers then tried to unite a party polarised by the leadership race.
New director general of basic education Bobby Soobrayan recently presented a turnaround plan for South Africa’s schools.
Rhino poaching had escalated at an "alarming rate" since the beginning of the year, South African National Parks said on Friday.
Flanked by a clutch of former Cabinet ministers, former president Thabo Mbeki emerged on Thursday after a long hibernation from the public eye.
South Africa has fallen in love with Bafana Bafana again, and that could spell trouble for World Cup rivals Mexico, Uruguay and France next month.
The African National Congress does not expect its labour ally, Cosatu, to embark on strike action during the Soccer World Cup.
In the last of a three-part series on South Africa’s striptease subculture, we look at the <i>Survivor</i> winner’s Lollipop Lounge.
Ticket sales for the Soccer World Cup were back on track on Friday afternoon after a computer crash earlier in the day, Fifa said.
The price of all grades of petrol will drop by 27 cents a litre on June 2, the Energy Department said on Friday.
How did <b>Jacob Dlamini</b> end up a few paces from a police cell? Read an extract from the book: <i>Should I stay or Should I go?</i>
Prosecutions boss Menzi Simelane has backtracked on redeploying top prosecutors to lower courts, but morale is low.
ANC convenes parliamentary hearings to establish a state mining company based on a resolution that no one in the party can find.
Menzi Simelane’s CV that will come under the spotlight during the DA’s court bid to set aside his appointment as prosecutions boss.
The minerals-rich province aims to diversify its
industrial base to create sustainable employment.
An unprecedented case before the Equality Court involving the right to wear dreadlocks has put school codes of conduct under the spotlight.
Greed in the business and governing elite often leads to corrupt and undemocratic behaviour.
Besides the Big Five, Limpopo’s rich cultural history is also a drawcard for visitors
In a quiet moment it’s not hard to imagine the despair of slaves who once laboured at Robben Island.
Food company Nestlé on Friday denied contravening the country’s Biodiversity Act in an act of "Rooibos robbery".
Seven distinct sub-exhibitions of <em>In Context</em> bring a mini-biennale to Jo’burg.
The cosy relationship between apartheid SA and Israel was underscored this week when information about a nuclear deal during the 1970s came to light.
Limpopo hopes that industrial development zones will boost its economy and lure investors.
Pandemonium broke out at the Protea Magistrate’s Court on Friday after Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye and his co-accused’s case was postponed.
Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson flexed her muscles to push for the import of antelope for a company linked to an aide’s boyfriend.
In a major top-level purge, three senior Telkom executives quit this week amid allegations of tender irregularities.
Telkom is paying a security company R6,6-million a month to monitor a copper-cable alarm system that it should be monitoring itself.
Shareholders of a broad-based platinum deal are
being bought out by a major empowerment player,
yet nobody seems to be overly concerned.
Cope may be stuck with "consensus leadership" for another few months if a proposal to make the weekend’s party conference a policy indaba is accepted.
The police service placed only eight pilots, despite receiving 120 applications from qualified white pilots for its 53 vacancies.
In the final part of our city series, <b>Verashni Pillay</b> turns to Jozi and highlights the city’s historical wealth and the warmth of its people.
Is the government’s determination to meet transformation goals causing hardship for the country’s poorest citizens? <b>Gareth Stokes</b> reports.
Two <b>M&G</b> staffers give their accounts of the day the Bulls came to Soweto.