If you are looking to buy a home, start saving now because the banks will want a 15% deposit for the foreseeable future.
The private credit extension figures released last week show that over indebted consumers are staying away from taking on further debt.
Jackie Selebi’s advocate will not re-examine the former police boss after eight days of gruelling cross-examination by prosecutor Gerrie Nel.
<b>Verashni Pillay</b> rounds up the superheroes the disciplinary committee on Malema will need in their face-off
Renaissance Securities Holdings has agreed to buy South Africa’s Barnard Jacobs Melllet Securities for R207-million.
Malema is expected to appear before a disciplinary hearing at Luthuli House in Johannesburg on Monday for bringing the ruling party into disrepute.
Amid controversy over a leadership tussle that could destabilise the Congress of the People, the party said over the weekend that all is well.
The termination of former Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga’s employment contract has been found to be unlawful by the high court in Johannesburg.
Overworked SA doctors are prone to botched surgical operations and have left gloves and scissors in patients’ bodies after operations.
Members of the tripartite alliance were not there to please one another, President Jacob Zuma said at a May Day rally in Durban on Saturday.
Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane was honoured for his contribution to South African music at a star-studded dinner in Polokwane on Friday.
Nine people were injured in two separate incidents when gunmen opened fire on Rea Vaya buses in Soweto, police said on Saturday.
Ministers who do not meet their performance targets may not necessarily be removed from their positions, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday.
Peter Grant kicked 27 points and Jaque Fourie scored two tries, one a spectacular effort, to help the Stormers stay second in the Super 14.
Politics will be seen as dirty if government officials continue to be corrupt, said Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi on Friday.
Richard Goldstone, the former war crimes prosecutor, is being forced to meet South African Jewish leaders to hear of their anger over a UN report.
Within the trade union movement, billions have been made by those who chose the path of investing the money of unionised workers.
Resolve the ownership issue urgently and let’s get on with living peacefully together.
Sweet 16 and already showing signs of strain; that is the mood that hangs over South Africa in the month we celebrate the first democratic elections.
Freedom is not a six-year-old with a flag, or a passive recipient of "delivery". It is a joyous, anxious, endless battle, writes <b>Nic Dawes</b>.
<b>Richard Calland</b>: People must stop waiting and become active citizens in their demands for fairness and equality and accountable governance.
Madagascar’s rival leaders on Friday haggled over election dates and a proposed amnesty for ousted president Marc Ravalomanana.
Happy to be home, the four South African police officers who were kidnapped in Sudan said their captors treated them like human beings.
SA’s trade account recorded a surplus of R460-million in March, compared with a R5,7-billion shortfall in February.
Controversial SA Quantum is at centre of pension fund fraud involving an education union.
ANC heavyweight Cyril Ramaphosa and former Eskom chairperson Bobby Godsell were appointed to the National Planning Commission on Friday.
A R1.7-billion lawsuit could be the first of many that Telkom faces over disputed tenders, writes <b>Lloyd Gedye</b>.
The retail prices of petrol will increase by 14 cents a litre for all grades on May 5, the Department of Energy announced on Friday.
Aluminium smelters get electricity for anything from
12c a kilowatt hour; the rest of us pay at least 31c.
Inappropriate fees charged to pension funds could cost the funds as much as 0,2%, or R3-billion, a year, a pension fund expert has estimated.
How does human behaviour influence retirement?
<b>Gareth Stokes</b> investigates.
A Facebook group has been set up to advocate the right of "Boer-Afrikaners with proof of Dutch roots to be eligible for Dutch citizenship".