SA is confident that it will be ready to host the Soccer World Cup next year, but faces a challenge in transporting fans to matches.
South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn has ended injured Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan’s long reign as the top-ranked Test bowler.
‘He looks like a potato,” said a six-year-old of my acquaintance, speaking of the ANC’s election posters featuring a smiling Jacob Zuma.
As Nelson Mandela turns 91 on Saturday, his family and his foundation are trying to harness his status to promote community service on his birthday.
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is celebrating after the Electoral Court declared the results of a by-election in the province’s Imbabazane area invalid.
SA will be defying the Constitution if it refuses to cooperate with an ICC arrest warrant issued for Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, NGOs say.
The Constitutional Court has put an end to life imprisonment and minimum sentencing for children aged 16 and 17.
Drug consumption in South Africa is currently twice the world norm and the use of cocaine and dagga has increased by 20% in two years.
Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor says that South Africa expects to launch a micro-satellite from Russia next month.
David Lewis, outgoing chairperson of the Competition Tribunal, on Wednesday gave an assessment on the current state of competition in SA.
A 12% wage offer ended a week-long strike by 70 000 workers at World Cup construction sites, officials said on Wednesday.
SA’s retail sales fell again in May, boding ill for second-quarter GDP and supporting the case for another interest-rate cut.
Former president, struggle hero and arguably the world’s most celebrated political icon, Nelson Mandela, turns 91 on Saturday.
Nelson Mandela on Tuesday called on people to dedicate their time and effort to serving their communities, as his life is celebrated on July 18.
Patients at Durban hospital have told KZN health minister Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo that they waited more than a week to get much-needed medication.
This year what is on everyone’s mind is: will donors sustain their commitments or will they buckle under the global financial crisis?
Recent calls to nationalise South Africa’s mines are economically illiterate — but may gather popular support.
School holidays bring a surge in fatal circumcisions at unlicensed Eastern Cape initiation schools.
Rental services run by real estate companies ahead of 2010 have taken off.
The debate in the media on who really runs the country has caused unnecessary consternation and much teeth-grinding among some in the ruling elite.
The fact is that prices remain high because they are not acknowledged as the direct, if unintended, outcome of policy choices in the past 15 years.
Nationalising mines is not a government priority, a member of President Jacob Zuma’s executive has told the Mail & Guardian.
The North West committee has been notable for standing up to national leaders, including Cabinet ministers.
Kevin Davie looks at the difference a woollen hat can make to your electricity bills.
The principles of a national health insurance (NHI) are simple — access to healthcare for all and everyone pitching in to pay for everyone.
South Africa is failing on the most basic international measures of poverty and healthcare, especially regarding infant and maternal mortality.
Détente between the judiciary and government was in the air this week after nearly half a decade of battles about the nature of transformation.
The sidelining of Congress of the People (Cope) president Mosiuoa ”Terror” Lekota drove Lynda Odendaal out of the party.
I drive past the Soccer City construction site twice every weekday, and I am a chief critic of the progress, or the lack thereof, that takes place.
General Motors SA (GMSA) would not seek a government loan as it was debt-free and building up cash, MD Steve Koch said on Friday.
ANCYL president Julius Malema refuses to apologise for his comment about the woman who laid a rape charge against President Jacob Zuma.
Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana has commended labour and Safcec for their efforts to end a strike that has halted work on World Cup stadiums.