Surely rampant slip-ups in the bedroom by world leaders must count for something among threats to the world economy.
Jane Rosenthal reviews <i>The Lahnee’s Pleasure </i> by Ronnie Govender and <i>An African Cameo</i> by Naka Pillman.
The Constitutional Court will decide on Thursday whether South Africans living abroad have the right to vote.
The SABC on Wednesday refuted allegations that its group head of news, Snuki Zikalala, manipulated content for political purposes.
South Africa should host this year’s Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka ruled out due to possible rain interruptions, an ICC committee has recommended.
A committee has been established in KwaZulu-Natal in the hopes of ”defusing tensions” between the ANC and the opposition IFP.
South African cricket selectors reacted swiftly to the Proteas’ loss by making decisive changes to the squad for the final match in Cape Town.
The Movement Democratic Party will be placed first on the ballot paper in the upcoming national election, it was decided on Wednesday.
The Congress of the People says it is not considering forming a coalition with the African National Congress after the coming elections.
A report released on Wednesday on the xenophobic attacks in Alexandra last year shows that most of the violence was organised by local leaders.
Cape Town mayor Helen Zille’s threat to call in the army to quell taxi violence was reminiscent of the apartheid era, Allan Boesak said on Wednesday.
Eight taxi drivers jumped out of a Jo’burg metro police vehicle shortly after being arrested for violating traffic rules on Wednesday, police said.
The Freedom of Expression Institute accused SABC news head Snuki Zikalala of ”crass manipulation” of news through his blacklisting of commentators.
South African power utility Eskom said on Wednesday the country would need to invest up to R110-billion in coal mining by 2020.
Business confidence was at its lowest level in 10 years, according to the RMB/BER Business Confidence Index published on Wednesday.
Political parties contesting the national elections signed a pledge on Wednesday committing themselves to adhere to the Electoral Code of Conduct.
Fifteen percent of South African school children between the ages of 12 and 17 years would knowingly spread HIV, according to a recent study.
Life insurer Metropolitan’s dividend for 2008 remained flat at 95 cents, the company said on Wednesday, as it reported its annual results.
More than 100 workers at Xstrata Alloy’s smelter in Rustenburg in the North West have been fired.
The way broad-based black economic empowerment is put into effect needs reviewing, ANC president Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
What happens when one does venture forth — bold, beautiful and determined to take on the big city?
Postage stamps marking the tenure of President Kgalema Motlanthe are now being sold as a philatelic oddity on the internet.
It is time to put on your lipstick and best suit and make friends with your bank manager, writes Maya Fisher-French.
Kgalema Motlanthe on Tuesday said he would consider a request for a probe into the medical parole granted to Schabir Shaik if he received one.
Ngconde Balfour felt ”vindicated” by reports that appear to clarify allegations that Schabir Shaik remained in hospital despite being discharged.
The board of South African Airways has fired suspended chief executive Khaya Ngqula, it said in a statement on Tuesday.
Leading cricket commentators have blocked suggestions of ringing in major changes to the Proteas squad following the two crushing losses to Australia.
To deny Limpho Hani the right to participate in the parole hearing of her husband’s killer was ”cruel justice, a Pretoria court heard on Tuesday.
Suboptimal conditions in prison hospitals is not a valid basis for releasing fraud convict Schabir Shaik on medical parole, experts said on Tuesday.
Apartheid-era names for courts such as the High Court of Bophuthatswana ceased to exist last week, the Justice Department confirmed on Monday.
It is worrying that correctional services is refusing to adhere to the principle of accountability in the case of Schabir Shaik’s parole.
The KwaZulu-Natal health department says fraud convict Schabir Shaik’s doctor, Professor DP Naidoo, has been misquoted, the SABC said on Monday.