About 400 jobs are under threat as Sappi Southern Africa consults employees on reducing costs and improving efficiency, the company said on Monday.
South Africa recorded a third consecutive monthly trade surplus in July, with a R447-million surplus after a R3,22-billion surplus in June.
Only half of government’s departments have responded to written questions on whether they have bought new ministerial vehicles, the DA said on Monday.
The Equality Court on Monday granted absolution to Julius Malema on an unfair discrimination complaint, but not for hate speech and harassment.
Chief Justice Pius Langa’s wife of 43 years, Beauty, died during the night after a long illness, his office said on Monday.
Producer Michael Lee has entered the fourth week of his hunger protest against the SABC, the South African Screen Federation said on Monday.
A photographer and five IFP Youth Brigade members were wounded when police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters in Durban on Monday.
A cocaine consignment destined for the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique was seized at the OR Tambo International Airport, police said.
A taxi driver accused of the murder of a 16-year-old schoolgirl must be found guilty, the Pretoria Regional Court heard on Monday.
The New South Wales Waratahs said on Monday they have signed Emerging Springboks lock Hendrik Roodt on a two-year Super 14 deal.
The lawyer for ANCYL leader Julius Malema applied for his hate-speech complaint to be dismissed in the Equality Court in Johannesburg on Monday.
The BRT system was put under pressure on Monday morning as commuters left stranded by taxis resorted to using the new bus system.
Growth in demand for credit by South Africa’s private sector reached its lowest level in more than five years in July.
NUM said a strike at Impala Platinum was likely to spread to the company’s metal refinery and workers were prepared to stay away for weeks or months.
A civil rights group has laid a charge against the president of ASA for inciting racial polarisation over athlete Caster Semenya.
Krugersdorp schoolboy Morne Harmse will be sentenced for killing a fellow pupil with a sword when he appears in court on Monday.
Growth in demand for credit by South Africa’s private sector slowed to 3,4% year-on-year in July, from 3,98% in June, central bank data shows.
I would like to give Hlophe the annual award for brave and smart fighting and Alcock the same prize but for the other side.
Employment equity should be used to further the interests of all women, regardless of colour.
Long before the Caster Semenya sex-test row hit the headlines, South Africans in all their corners were questioning her identity.
South Africa’s state-owned entities are queuing for cash, writes Lloyd Gedye
South Africa is experiencing its first recession in nearly two decades as the global financial meltdown has made its effects felt across the globe.
What the experts had to say on energy consumption at the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>’s Critical Thinking Forum
Leading economists have predicted energy efficiency will be the make-or-break tactic if South Africa is to cut its emissions.
Celebrity philanthropy is on the rise and there’s no stopping it.
Eskom is a national presence that is represented throughout the country by massive cooling towers that dominate rural landscapes
With the celebration of its 10th anniversary this year, the Vodacom Foundation has matured into a widely respected vehicle of philanthropic outreach
Non-governmental organisations are shutting down at the rate of between three and five every month in every province across the country
Green activists fear Port Elizabeth may be on the brink of a marine disaster caused by oil leaking into the city’s harbour.
Hostilities between the government and the taxi industry escalated this week in the run-up to the launch of the Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transit.
The struggles have divided the party into two camps, one supporting interim president Mosiuoa Lekota, the other his deputy, Mbhazima Shilowa.
The ANC in the North West province is about to wrest control from supporters of former president Thabo Mbeki and transfer it to President Zuma’s.