The opposition on Wednesday rejected attempts by President Jacob Zuma to defuse the row over his nomination of Judge Sandile Ngcobo as chief justice.
Taxi drivers and operators across the country will strike from September 1 over the implementation of the Bus Rapid Transit system.
A convicted murderer hung himself in a Ramsgate court holding cell on Wednesday shortly after receiving a double life sentence, police said.
Telkom and the Communication Workers’ Union on Wednesday signed a deal on a 7,5% pay rise and a two-year moratorium on forced retrenchments.
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille had hoped to have at least three other women in her cabinet, according to papers filed in the Equality Court.
Zuma on Wednesday welcomed a statement by the opposition that they would prefer Dikgang Moseneke to his nominee, Sandile Ngcobo, for chief justice.
Agreements driving a deeper partnership between SA and Angola will be concluded by Wednesday afternoon, said minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.
President Jacob Zuma has assured opposition parties he will take their views into account in deciding on the appointment of a new chief justice.
Four white police officials were offered a lucrative settlement before an important test case for affirmative action could be heard in court.
Former Constitutional Court judge Johann Kriegler has warned that judicial independence should not be sacrificed on the ”altar of transformation”.
Nikiwe Bikitsha follows up on the responses received to her M&G column on single parenting two weeks ago.
At the age of 45, with two-year-old twins at home, John Gilmour resigned from his comfortable job as a private-school principal in Cape Town.
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Three opposition parties on Tuesday urged President Jacob Zuma to reconsider his nomination for chief justice.
The ANC has lodged a formal complaint with the press ombudsman about articles in the Sunday Times and the City Press.
The estate of Ponzi scheme fraud suspect Barry Tannenbaum was sequestrated on Tuesday in the high court in Johannesburg, attorney Ian Levitt said.
FW de Klerk warned President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday against changing the Constitution to enable the government to rein in the powers of the provinces.
Prisoners at the Johannesburg prison were denied healthcare services by striking correctional services officers on Tuesday, said a rights group.
South Africa does not depend exclusively on foreign technology, Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor said on Tuesday.
The Health Professions Council on Tuesday warned about an increase in people masquerading as medical practitioners.
The proposed NHI scheme will help resolve problems faced by medical aid members who were not getting value for their money, the ANC said on Tuesday.
The relationship between workers and Johannesburg Metro Police chief Chris Ngcobo has been irreparably damaged, a union said on Tuesday.
The hearing of an application to evict two Congress of the People MPs from their parliamentary residences was postponed on Tuesday.
Kenya signed an agreement with SA on Tuesday to encourage tourism investment in both countries and share data from the sector to maximise re
South Africa’s economy remains stuck in a recession, according to gross domestic product data released by Statistics South Africa on Tuesday.
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday dismissed a bid by former apartheid policeman Wybrand du Toit to get his job back.
SA President Jacob Zuma travels to Angola in a bid to strengthen ties between the continent’s biggest economy and one of its top oil producers.
A couple and their twin babies who were set alight in Blairgowrie have all subsequently died, the Star reported on Tuesday.
A strike by Metrorail train drivers entered a second day on Tuesday as unionists insisted that the labour action had a ”huge impact” on services.
Problems in the organisational structure of the ANC have led to a lack of accountability by councillors, ANC veteran Frene Ginwala said on Monday.
An NGO has been going into local schools over the past 30 years to try and transform kids into the country’s future entrepreneurs. But is it working?
Apartheid was a time when the state entered our homes in omnipotent and menacing ways. Growing up, I knew of love stories destroyed by the state.