Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni dropped the repo rate by 50 basis points on Thursday, bringing it to 7%, while prime is 10,5%.
Griquas’ rank poor discipline put paid to their unbeaten run in this season’s Currie Cup when they were beaten 25-24 by the Blue Bulls on Saturday.
Police said on Saturday that they will meet with the business community to expand their presence in Gauteng malls.
A pregnant woman is the fourth person to die from swine flu, the KwaZulu-Natal health department said on Saturday.
Rail workers’ union Utatu said on Saturday its members would strike next week if Metrorail did not restart wage talks.
Women’s empowerment was not merely a numbers game, President Jacob Zuma told the Progressive Women’s Movement on Friday evening.
Cope said it regarded the SABC’s R11-million payout to former group CEO Dali Mpofu as an insult to the public broadcaster’s employees.
More than 120 000 tickets for the World Cup are set to be given away, Local Organising Committee chief executive Danny Jordaan said on Friday.
Wally Rhoode cites an urgent need to attend to family business, but there is speculation about whether he jumped before he was pushed.
It is time for Africans to speak out against Afrophobia and change perceptions of the West.
Not yet, he says of ambitions to be president, but
never say never
Niuren Tolsi bumped into Schabi Shaik just after midnight at a 24-hour petrol station shop near his home in Morningside two weeks ago.
The SABC is to pay former group CEO Dali Mpofu R11-million to walk away from his job, SABC radio reported on Friday.
The JSC complaints committee will meet on Saturday to discuss whether it should hold a full inquiry into misconduct allegations against John Hlophe.
Three men have been convicted for the murder of 12-year-old Emily Williams, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Friday.
New security measures are needed to curb the number of armed robberies at shopping malls, the SA Council of Shopping Centres said on Friday.
Nedbank said on Friday it had agreed to buy the 49,9% of Imperial Bank it does not already own from Imperial Holdings for R1,8-billion.
President Jacob Zuma says a debate on race will take the country backwards, calling instead for a deeper understanding of non-racialism in SA.
Northam Platinum’s full-year profit was down on weaker platinum prices as well as steeper costs, the company said on Friday.
Dale Steyn’s actions in taking Myprodol do not even count as a misdemeanour, but they are a reminder that cricket is moving away from its past.
There is a need for urgency in South Africa’s response towards the recession, said Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel on Thursday.
There must be no sympathy for criminals, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
Chief Justice Pius Langa has not ruled out the possibility of a formal complaint about remarks made by Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
Sello Alcock’s report of his interview with Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe in last week’s M&G has stirred up a hornet’s nest.
Not much has been said at this stage about the National Health Insurance (NHI) — so all discussions are mostly hypothetical.
Western Cape Judge President Mandlakayise John Hlophe has launched an assault on our report last week of an interview with him.
Who is really calling the shots in the new administration?
Percy Mabandu speaks to eco-friendly artist Mbongeni Buthelezi about the skill and hard work required to ‘paint’ with plastic.
NPA temporarily withdraws corruption charges against KwaZulu-Natal’s former health minister
Thamsanqa Wilkinson Kambule. Born January 15 1921; died August 7 2009
“I could never have spoken in such disparaging terms about you,” Hlophe said in a letter to Chief Justice Pius Langa.
Mary Metcalfe, former Gauteng education minister, has been appointed director general in the Department of Higher Education and Training.