The state of a country’s highways is a sure guide to
the state of its economy, writes Busani Bafana.
The power struggle in Gauteng has heated up, with some ANC members in the province trying to block Nomvula Mokonyane’s bid for the chairperson’s post.
Police fired rubber bullets at residents of Finetown, near the Grasmere Toll Plaza, on Thursday as waves of service delivery strikes hit Gauteng.
Accusations of negligence reignite anger still harboured by KwaZulu-Natal’s overstretched medical staff.
A row has broken out between the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the local event organisers who brought <i>Top Gear</i> to South Africa last month.
Prescription drug abuse is on the increase, and medical aids often fund this form of addiction. Faranaaz Parker reports.
The Ministry for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities has welcomed Multichoice’s decision to cancel the launch of a pornographic channel.
When in Cape Town Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda lives a five-star life at the city’s top hotels — courtesy of the taxpayer.
President Jacob Zuma has defended controversial ANC Youth League president Julius Malema again, saying he will not be forced into shouting him down.
Will Jomo Cosmos boss Jomo Sono finally heed the call and quit as the country’s longest-serving football coach?
Anxiety is growing in President Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet as talk of a reshuffle of government posts spreads.
"People are already talking about the post-Gab Mampone era. But they’re absolutely wrong. I’m still at the SABC and I’ll be back."
Barbara Hogan answers the <em>M&G</em>’s questions about the controversy surrounding the World Bank loan for the Medupi power station.
President Jacob Zuma likes his Cape Town offices at Tuinhuys, but not so much that he wants Parliament to stay in the mother city.
There is an air of cautious optimism in South Africa as the country prepares for the most significant chapter of its short football history.
A sacked Cape Town sex worker had three Labour Appeal Court judges on Thursday grappling with whether she was entitled to challenge her dismissal.
ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu was arrested for drunken driving in Cape Town on Thursday morning — but this did not stop him from doing his job.
Service-delivery protests in Soweto on Thursday added to what has been a torrid week of community action in Gauteng.
Traffic police in Cape Town have arrested African National Congress spokesperson Jackson Mthembu for alleged drunken driving on the N2 on Thursday.
The ANC has defended Julius Malema for singing "shoot the boers, they are rapists", saying the lyrics of the song had been quoted out of context.
The Cabinet has approved an implementation plan to scale up the HIV/Aids prevention programme recently presented by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.
MTN, Africa’s biggest cellphone operator by subscribers, posted lower 2009 profit despite its new customers increasing by 28% to 116-million.
Deputy Transport Minister Jeremy Cronin has defended the Transport Department’s spending on international conferences after DA criticism.
ANCYL leader Julius Malema is facing a barrage of complaints to the police and chapter nine institutions over his latest racial outburst.
The national bird is under threat because of a drastic increase in smuggling, writes Yolandi Groenewald.
The cure for many illnesses may lie hidden in South Africa’s plants, but do we have adequate legislation to safeguard our biodiversity from pillagers?
The Transport Department spent over R75-million on four conferences in two years, the Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday.
As premier of the Western Cape, Helen Zille should have been party to the JSC’s deliberations on Judge John Hlophe, a court was told on Wednesday.
SADC countries need to coordinate access to medical treatment for mobile populations.
Unhappy doctors threaten a go-slow, but critics say they have not explored all the available options.
Inflation-targeting is the right policy for South Africa, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday.
Women in business are more resilient than men, a report released on Wednesday showed.