Soweto is synonymous with SA, a symbol of the fight for freedom. However, it is also a place where millions play their favourite sport, football.
Construction workers at 2010 soccer stadiums have declared a wage dispute with their employers, the NUM said on Monday.
President Jacob Zuma has once again vowed to act against incompetent and lazy public servants.
Central banks would pursue low inflation regardless of whether they had an inflation target or not, Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni said on Friday.
Families of illegal miners who died underground at Harmony’s disused Eland shaft had not seen their loved ones since December, interviews revealed.
South Africa, grappling with its first recession in 17 years, expects tax revenues to decline, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Friday.
Ekurhuleni emergency services were fighting two factory fires in Kempton Park and Germiston on Friday morning, a spokesperson said.
A case against 12 Parktown Boys’ High School pupils accused of assaulting their junior schoolmates was postponed on Friday.
Harmony on Friday said it has suspended 57 workers for gold theft, days after the bodies of 76 illegal miners were recovered from an abandoned shaft.
A disgruntled worker was arrested on Friday after allegedly burning down his boss’s house in Hyde Park, Johannesburg police said.
Cosatu on Thursday backed a call by metal workers for strikes to demand deeper interest-rate cuts.
Newspapers on Thursday hailed President Jacob Zuma’s inaugural State of the Nation address, but cautioned that he faced steep challenges.
Harmony Gold on Thursday confirmed that the bodies of another 15 illegal miners had been brought to surface at its Eland shaft.
Mvelaphanda Resources said on Thursday it would delist and cease to exist by early next year after selling its stake in Northam Platinum.
British and Irish Lions coach Ian McGeechan said the 74-10 thrashing of the Gauteng Lions at Ellis Park on Wednesday had been more than he expected.
Bafana Bafana midfield maestro Steven Pienaar was bubbling with confidence after his first training session with the national squad on Wednesday.
The NUM on Wednesday called for Harmony to take full responsibility for the death of illegal miners at its operations in the Free State.
The number of enquiries from South Africans living abroad about the availability of top jobs in SA has increased, a headhunting firm says.
In his first State of the Nation address it was obvious that President Jacob Zuma had, owing to the dire economic climate, little to offer.
The Gauteng department of education will investigate the arrests of 11 schoolboys accused of assaulting other pupils in an initiation ceremony.
Judgement continues on Wednesday against serial rapist and notorious prison escapee Annanias Mathe, who has already been convicted of 51 crimes.
A court judge on Tuesday night rejected an urgent bid by senior ANC MP Nyami Booi to delay the start of his Travelgate trial.
Human rights lawyer George Bizos is recovering well from surgery at the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg, it was reported on Wednesday.
Reports this week that more than 60 illegal miners died in an accident in an abandoned gold mine has underlined the human cost of SA’s recession.
Gas, rat cages, owl traps and drowning buckets are being used in a deadly five-phase plan to wipe out rats infesting Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg.
Illegal miners digging for gold in disused and dangerous shafts started asking for body bags from Harmony Gold a few days ago.
One of the world’s largest philanthropic organisations, the WK Kellogg Foundation, will close its doors in South Africa at the end of the month.
Sasco on Tuesday said it would call on the Unisa council to force vice-chancellor Barney Pityana to terminate his contract before it concluded.
Bafana coach Joel Santana faces a tough decision when he axes six players from his 29-man provisional Confederations Cup squad on Thursday.
South Africa’s biggest retail bank, Absa, has increased its stake in Blue Financial Services to 21%, the micro-financier said on Tuesday.
At least 61 miners were killed when fire tore through an abandoned gold shaft in one of South Africa’s deadliest mine accidents.
Charges of assault and defeating the ends of justice against Blue Bulls rugby player John Mametsa were withdrawn court on Tuesday.