The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) leader in Pretoria, Willie Spies, has resigned from the party, national leader Pieter Mulder confirmed on Thursday.
University of Johannesburg (UJ) officials were trying to negotiate with protesting students on Thursday in attempts to reopen blocked entrances.
Standard Bank sees key markets stabilising and forecast a recovery in earnings after posting lower 2009 profit due to rising impairments.
Nationalisation of South Africa’s mines is not government policy and is unlikely to become so, the trade minister said on Wednesday.
Meyerton had quietened down on Thursday morning after residents continued burning tyres during the night, Gauteng police said.
From solid fists to raised victory signs, South Africa’s unique hand signals used to hail minibus taxis have been inked into postage stamps.
Katlego Mphela saved Bafana Bafana blushes and earned the team a 1-1 draw against Namibia in a friendly international in Durban on Wednesday night.
SA President Jacob Zuma, who emerged from a Bentley on Wednesday to shake Queen Elizabeth II’s hand, was a study in sartorial sobriety.
Aspen Pharmacare, Africa’s biggest generic drug-maker, posted a 27% rise in first-half profit from continuing operations.
Cooperative Governance Minister Sicelo Shiceka will "take further consultations" on the possibility of holding a single election in the future.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Wednesday proposed a five-point plan to "clean up" the South African Police Service (SAPS).
"Johannesburg has a lot of soul, a lot of culture, a lot of South Africa," says Azra Joosab, who moved to Johannesburg at the beginning of 2008.
President Jacob Zuma hit back at UK’s media on Wednesday following coverage that he felt was disrespectful of his Zulu culture.
Angry community members in Limpopo’s Greater Tubatse Municipality on Wednesday filed for permission to march in protest against the municipality.
Business confidence improved in February, according to the business confidence index released on Wednesday.
A court on Wednesday ruled in favour of Tito Mboweni on Wednesday in a discrimination case brought against him by a businessman.
Carlos Spencer is on the bench and Willem Stoltz returns in two of the seven changes for the Lions for their match against the Brumbies on Friday.
To help welcome guests to the Soccer World Cup, Durban has begun teaching street vendors foreign languages.
Saru) will be holding elections on Friday. The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> caught up with Mark Alexander, who will be challenging for the top spot.
Wales will play rugby world champions South Africa in a one-off test on June 5 to celebrate the 11th anniversary of the Millennium Stadium.
SA police fired rubber bullets and water cannons on Tuesday to quell protests in Orange Farm near Johannesburg in which one policeman was shot.
President Jacob Zuma began his state visit to the United Kingdom on Wednesday with a call for international sanctions on Zimbabwe to be lifted.
The demands of Orange Farm residents are reasonable, ANC chief whip Mathole Motshekga said on Tuesday after meeting the community’s leaders.
Black people and women continue to be grossly under-represented in all directorships and top executive positions, according to a survey.
SA President Jacob Zuma flew into London on Tuesday for a state visit to UK, which will mix lavish pomp and ceremony with talks on Zimbabwe.
The National Union of Mineworkers said on Tuesday it had cancelled plans for an indefinite strike at Gold Fields’s operations in the country.
M-Net on Tuesday confirmed that three of its staff members were taken hostage in Nigeria, and another was shot and wounded.
The "use it or lose it" principle will be applied to redistributed farmland to ensure agricultural output does not decline further.
Cape Town should brace itself for bigger storms dumping massive amounts of rain as climate change takes hold, an environmental expert said.
Signatures by ANCYL president Julius Malema on a company registration record were forgeries, his attorney, Tumi Mokwena, maintained on Tuesday.
World soccer governing body Fifa on Tuesday brushed aside lingering doubts about South Africa’s readiness for the World Cup.
Whatever motivation President Jacob Zuma has in proposing a national dialogue on a moral code for the country, I think the idea is a splendid one.