Growth in credit demand in South Africa’s private sector slowed sharply in May as companies curbed their borrowing.
Naspers reported a 4% rise in core earnings, in line with expectations, as it signed up more pay-TV customers, but headline profit fell.
The SABC is off the hook following a complaint by the Freedom of Expression Institute to Icasa over the SABC’s ”blacklisting” controversy.
Former Bafana Bafana soccer player Doctor Khumalo has pleaded not guilty in the drunken-driving case against him.
No one has yet been identified as responsible for the alleged theft of money from the Egyptian national soccer team’s hotel rooms, police say.
July’s petrol price hike that comes into effect on Wednesday is unacceptable, Ceppwawu said on Monday.
The Competition Commission has initiated an investigation into major SA supermarket chains for possible contraventions of the Competition Act.
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) doctors on Monday defied a court order that compels them to go back to work.
A German journalist died in hospital on Monday from injuries suffered in a vehicle accident in the Free State, a German embassy spokesperson said.
MTN Group has appointed Nazir Patel as finance director to succeed Rob Nisbet, who is leaving the company, MTN said on Monday.
The Confederations Cup has served to dispel any fears or doubts over SA’s ability to stage what promises to be a memorable 2010 World Cup.
Luthuli House was upbeat with festivities on Friday as the ANC celebrated the 54th anniversary of the Freedom Charter.
A hunters’ association has welcomed a court interdict, saying it would stop more than a million gun owners from becoming criminals after June 30.
Cosatu keeping closer tabs on government through a shadow cabinet is likely to cause friction within the ruling alliance, political analysts say.
An Ulundi election officer on Friday became the first South African since 1994 to be sentenced for electoral fraud.
I almost fell off my exercycle at 7am on this icy Jo’burg morning when I switched on the TV and saw that Michael Jackson was dead.
Consumers suffered a triple whammy this week, with stiff increases in electricity tariffs, a petrol-price hike and no interest-rate cut.
An Ulundi election officer on Friday became the first South African since 1994 to be convicted of electoral fraud.
SABMiller will reduce fossil-fuel emissions from its beers by 50% per litre of beer produced by 2020, it said on Friday.
Harmony Gold has been selected as the preferred bidder for Pamodzi Gold’s Free State operations, the joint provisional liquidators said on Friday.
Despite SA’s loss to Brazil in the semifinals of the Confederations Cup, newspapers on Friday praised Bafana’s efforts.
Actress Farrah Fawcett, the Charlie’s Angels television star, died on June 25 after a long battle with cancer. She was 62.
Parliament’s portfolio committee on communications recommended on Friday that the board of the SABC be dissolved.
Brett Kebble murder accused Glen Agliotti is being sued for R29-million by the slain mining magnate’s former companies, it was reported on Friday.
The Springboks came within 20 minutes of playing the perfect game in Durban — and then fell off the bus.
Home Affairs Miniser Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Friday announced a cluster of measures designed to improve service from her department.
Entrepreneurial types are hawking flags and shirts at intersections, while workers are ditching office-wear in favour of bright yellow sweaters.
Nkola Motata has been acquitted on a charge of ”driving with an excessive amount of alcohol in his blood”, but still faces a drunken-driving charge.
Many South Africans see a Bafana Bafana victory against Brazil as an impossible dream.
Striking doctors in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday embarked on a campaign to cajole their counterparts in other parts of the country to join them.
The Competition Commission on Wednesday raided the premises of cement producers in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, it disclosed on Thursday.
SA’s producer prices fell by a record 3% year-on-year in May, data showed on Thursday, backing the case for an interest-rate cut later in the day.