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/ 24 February 2010
Provincial Minister Bheki Nkosi said in a statement that his department had entered into a partnership with its private sector partners.
A confession — it has been stalking me for years now, this crawling disdain for fashion; the certainty that it is not an ally but an enemy.
Cezanne Visser was handcuffed and led away on Wednesday after being sentenced to seven years in prison for abusing young girls and women.
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/ 24 February 2010
Nersa on Wednesday granted Eskom a nominal 24,8% tariff increase for the 2010/11 financial year, raising concerns this would fuel inflation.
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/ 24 February 2010
The Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday postponed the crimen injuria case of four former UFS students to July for trial.
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/ 24 February 2010
Nersa on Wednesday granted Eskom a 24,8% tariff increase for the 2010/11 financial year, falling short of the power firm’s request for a 35% hike.
Former advocate Cezanne Visser was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment on Wednesday for sexually abusing young girls and women.
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/ 24 February 2010
The TAC has urged President Jacob Zuma to take leadership and responsibility for himself, those around him and South Africa in fighting HIV/Aids.
The ANC Youth League will not take any more questions on its president Julius Malema’s "media conducted lifestyle audit", it said on Tuesday.
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/ 24 February 2010
South Africa’s targeted consumer inflation slowed slightly to 6,2% year-on-year in January, compared with 6,3% in December
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/ 24 February 2010
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini says he wants his portraits to be displayed at key public venues like the airport and stadiums during the World Cup.
New stadiums and gleaming airports are already redefining SA’s cities, but 106 days before the World Cup the nation is still sprucing up its image.
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/ 24 February 2010
Discovery Holdings forecast further growth after reporting a rise in first-half profit on Wednesday.
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/ 24 February 2010
South Africa has notified the UN Security Council that it seized a shipment of North Korean arms bound for the DRC in violation of UN resolutions.
Former Athletics SA boss Leonard Chuene bought a car — an E Class Mercedes-Benz — from the embattled organisation for just R1 in 2004.
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/ 24 February 2010
South Africa’s tourism ministry has ordered an investigation into allegations that World Cup hotel prices are unreasonably high.
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/ 24 February 2010
Karl Marx famously said the first time history repeats itself is tragic; the second is farce.
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/ 23 February 2010
Five UFS workers filmed in a racist student video are not interested in restorative justice, but want criminal proceedings to continue.
The Young Communist League has rejected suggestions that it is plotting against ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema.
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/ 23 February 2010
FXI asks SA Law Reform Commission to investigate amending the CPA to introduce a "shield law" to protect confidential journalistic sources.
If you are used to getting complimentary tickets to watch local football, change the habit — Fifa will not give away free tickets for the World Cup.
Learning to take up the reins of leadership with confidence can be a unique experience.
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/ 23 February 2010
South Africa plans to build multiple nuclear plants to plug the country’s power deficit and reduce its carbon footprint, a senior official said.
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/ 23 February 2010
SA police are investigating the disappearance of a German executive who went missing three weeks ago while on a business trip to the country.
Using one’s own culture to judge others is unconstitutional, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
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/ 23 February 2010
Eskom has filed court papers accusing former CEO Jacob Maroga of having "failed to perform his duties" and being "dishonest", it was reported.
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/ 23 February 2010
South Africa is coming out of its first recession in almost two decades reasonably quickly, SA Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus said on Tuesday.
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/ 23 February 2010
Foreigners’ shops were looted in Orange Farm during a service-delivery protest on Tuesday, police said.
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/ 23 February 2010
South Africa’s GDP grew by 3,2% in the fourth quarter of 2009 on a seasonally adjusted and annualised basis, compared to an expansion of 0,9% in Q3.
Provincial offices of the ANC Youth League came out in support of their leader on Tuesday — and blamed "forces of darkness".
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/ 23 February 2010
The rates charged by banks on credit cards vary dramatically so it is worth shopping around. I noticed this when comparing my two credit cards.
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/ 23 February 2010
Slovenian ska-punk band Red Five Point Star are touring South Africa for a month. <i>Lisa Steyn</i> caught up with them.