Residents of Phiri in Soweto are required to undergo the indignity of a means test just to have access to free water.
Consumers hoping Icasa will ease the burden of cell call rates are in for a long haul, writes Lloyd Gedye.
There has been quite a stir in the media this week with the arrest of a Vodacom employee who, with a group of outsiders, allegedly abused his position at the company to bypass banking security measures to steal from bank accounts. This has raised questions about how safe technology is when it comes to our […]
The SAPS has denied that a video of a high-speed car chase through the streets of South Africa is authentic.
A total of 15 000 volunteers are needed for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, the local organising committee said on Monday.
The high cost of drugs needed to treat Aids patients is putting the lives of thousands at risk, Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) said on Monday.
A wave of service-delivery protests in recent weeks shows a government still treading water in the race to keep democracy afloat, analysts say.
Thousands of Durban pupils were left stranded on Monday morning as a new bus operator was unable start rounds as scheduled owing to a legal challenge.
Call for early conference as young leaders grow impatient with party infighting. Mmanaledi Mataboge reports.
The ANC’s North West leadership has launched a desperate rearguard action to stave off its possible dissolution by the party’s NEC.
The South African Police Service has refused to comment on the Khumalo matter.
The Congress of the People has placed before Parliament the issues that we believe will generate a new agenda for our society.
Not only does a state mining company already exist, it also gets special treatment from government.
Listening to leaders of the Congress of the People denying that there is a leadership tussle within the party is becoming annoying.
Every year young boys die during circumcision camps. Pierre W Brouard wonders what we can do to create productive and discursive dialogue around this.
Four more boys have died because of botched circumcisions in the Eastern Cape, bringing the death toll to 49, health officials said on Friday.
The ANC is trying to turn the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) into a ”thinly disguised party instrument”, DA leader Helen Zille said on Friday.
The assets of one of the key agents for Barry Tannenbaum’s Ponzi-type scheme have been frozen by a court, it was reported on Friday.
South African workers at De Beers, the world’s top diamond producer, have agreed to a pay rise of 9%, their union said on Friday.
Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni will be asked to serve another term, a senior Luthuli House official has told the Mail & Guardian.
South Africa’s first political-style campaigning for a judicial position kicked off on Thursday.
Nelson Mandela is 91, his athlete’s body is frail and he has all but disappeared from public life. As an icon, Mandela is more robust than ever.
You have to hand it to him. Professor Malusi Marcus Balintulo has led a charmed life in the history of South African higher education.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has the rare opportunity, skills and resources to change the destiny of South Africa.
South Africa’s unique fynbos vegetation could be threatened if canola is introduced as a source of biofuel.
Cornia Pretorius reports on problems at the National Research Foundation.
With Judge Nkola Motata not having testified, what has been put to witnesses on his behalf should not be taken into account, the state says.
A union representing workers in the energy, paper and pharmaceuticals sectors said on Thursday it plans to start a strike next week.
The Competition Commission has launched an investigation into the allocation of tenders for the construction of soccer stadiums, it has been reported.
South Africa passed the 100 mark for recorded cases of swine flu on Thursday, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said.
SA needs to accelerate infrastructure development to minimise the impact of the global financial crisis, the World Bank’s chief economist says.
A wage agreement was signed on Wednesday afternoon signalling the official end to a strike over pay at 2010 Soccer World Cup stadiums.