Several protesters were injured by rubber bullets as thousands of municipal workers took to the streets on Monday to demand better pay.
Johannesburg’s CBD could be without power until late this week after an underground electrical fire, City Power spokesperson Louis Pieterse said.
A court has reserved judgement in an appeal against the severity of sentence imposed on Dina Rodrigues and four others for murder.
John Hlophe is opposing a court bid by media houses to force the JSC to open a probe into his alleged misconduct to the public.
The elusive sardines have finally arrived in KwaZulu-Natal almost two months after tourists were expecting them to hit the province’s shores.
Ruan Pienaar and Jean de Villiers should be back for SA’s Tri-Nations match against New Zealand on Saturday after injury scares.
A strike by Metrorail workers was suspended on Monday after a new wage offer was tabled, union officials said.
A court will on Tuesday hear a bid by the media to set aside the JSC’s decision to hold a preliminary investigation into John Hlophe.
SA must remain vigilant about polio as the threat of the virus spreading through its borders still lingered, the deputy health minister said on Monday
The 2009 mid-year population of South Africa was estimated at 49,32-million, Statistics SA said on Monday.
Thousands of municipal workers went on strike on Monday to press for wage hikes in a move expected to cripple public services nationwide.
Employers are increasingly keeping deductions for employee benefits rather than paying them to retirement funds, the IRF said on Monday.
A former Gauteng councillor has been arrested for charging people R57 to apply for an RDP house — a service that should cost the applicant nothing.
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba began a series of meetings in Balfour on Monday to discuss the recent protests there.
After weeks of vandalism and battles between township residents and police, Jacob Zuma asked South Africans on Saturday to desist from violence.
Some of the shack dwellers of Jeffsville recently had an idea: Why not stage a march to demand government housing?
Will the Judicial Service Commission rely on racial populism alone?
Defiant members of disbanded committees prepare to fight for their former positions in North West and Western Cape.
South Africa’s environment department says all rhinos and rhino horns in the country must now be microchipped to deter poachers.
The government is still committed to creating 500 000 job opportunities by December, the Presidency said on Friday.
Dodgy tenders and the scholar transport system are under the microscope in Mpumalanga, Premier David Mabuza said on Friday.
South Africa’s collapsing school system is placing the nation at risk, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said in her weekly newsletter on Friday.
Violent riots and threats of a fresh wave of crippling labour strikes may force Jacob Zuma to deliver quickly on election promises.
With discontent growing, government acknowledges that it needs to address the problem.
SA’s main chemical sector union said on Friday employers had raised their wage hike offer to 9%, which remains below the union’s demand of 10%.
John Hlophe will not return to work until the JSC finalises its hearings, Justice Ministry spokesperson Tlali Tlali said on Friday.
The number of deaths in South African mines is a national disgrace, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Friday.
Popcru has accused Cope’s Willie Madisha of inciting correctional services staff to reject government’s occupation specific dispensation offer.
Makro, Game and Dion workers are staging marches in several cities on Friday to protest against working conditions.
President Jacob Zuma said police will move swiftly to crack down on rioters after violent protests erupted this week over poor services and jobs.
The luxury vehicles bought by the education minister cast doubt on her commitment to education, a school governing bodies group said on Thursday.
As service-delivery protests continued to rock parts of SA on Thursday, the government released the first findings of a probe into such action.