The ANC’s North West leadership has launched a desperate rearguard action to stave off its possible dissolution by the party’s NEC.
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.
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.
Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni will be asked to serve another term, a senior Luthuli House official has told the Mail & Guardian.
Cornia Pretorius reports on problems at the National Research Foundation.
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.
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.
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.