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/ 16 October 2008
Almost half of SA’s adults are too fat. The health risks are huge: heart-related illness, often triggered by obesity, is the second-biggest killer.
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/ 16 October 2008
And the fourth is on its way as Niren Tolsi reports on the municipal strike that has left eThekwini in tatters.
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/ 16 October 2008
Lloyd Gedye talks to the chief director of industrial policy, Nimrod Zalk, about the DTI’s new programme for the automotive industry.
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/ 16 October 2008
Own up, if — high up among your cellphone’s utilities — you treasure its status as a fashion accessory.
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/ 15 October 2008
The ANC not divided right down the middle, said party leader Jacob Zuma in a television interview on Wednesday evening.
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/ 15 October 2008
The Pretoria High Court on Wednesday reserved judgement in a former Waterkloof Hoërskool vice-principal defamation suit against three schoolboys.
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/ 15 October 2008
A R20,5-million land-claim settlement between paper and packaging giant Mondi and two recipient communities was signed on Wednesday.
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/ 15 October 2008
Judge Nkola Motata smelled like alcohol on the night of his car accident, a police officer told the judge’s drunken-driving trial on Wednesday.
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/ 15 October 2008
SA will sell 51 tons of stockpiled ivory on November 6 in a one-off sale to China and Japan, the government said on Wednesday.
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/ 15 October 2008
A veld fire on Wednesday afternoon threatened to engulf Clarens near Golden Gate in the eastern Free State.
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/ 15 October 2008
Eskom may propose legislation to force companies to save energy, a senior manager said on Wednesday.
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/ 15 October 2008
Mbhazima Shilowa was sharply criticised by the tripartite alliance on Wednesday, while Jacob Zuma prepared to discuss the breakaway movement on TV.
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/ 15 October 2008
A Durban man described by his co-accused as the ”Son of God” was behind the planning of the Lotter murders, a court heard on Wednesday.
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/ 15 October 2008
Water coming out of Durban’s taps is safe to drink and residents do not need to fear reported mercury contamination at Inanda Dam, say authorities.
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/ 15 October 2008
It is problematic that the country’s president appoints the national director of public prosecution, says suspended NPA boss Vusi Pikoli.
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/ 15 October 2008
South African stocks plummeted nearly 7% on Wednesday following severe drops in overseas markets amid renewed fears of a global economic slowdown.
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/ 15 October 2008
Media and entertainment group Avusa disclosed on Wednesday that it has sold its Nigerian and Kenyan interests for almost ,8-million.
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/ 15 October 2008
SA’s retail sales fell by 5,5% year-on-year in August at constant prices, official data showed on Wednesday.
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/ 15 October 2008
The rumoured breakaway party by former African National Congress chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota is unlikely to give the ANC sleepless nights.
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/ 15 October 2008
A commission has recommended a general increase in salary, allowances and benefits of 11%, effective from April 1 2008, for all public office bearers.
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/ 15 October 2008
The African National Congress’s assurance that it would bail out local banks if they came under pressure from the global finance crisis was a good mov
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/ 15 October 2008
The defence and the state clashed on Wednesday during the drunken-driving trial of Judge Nkola Motata over allegations of coaching a witness.
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/ 15 October 2008
The JSE extended losses at noon on Wednesday, retreating nearly 3% as investors fretted about the health of the global economy.
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/ 15 October 2008
Platinum Stars assistant coach Cavin Johnson believes his players should set their sites on winning trophies, and forget about the money.
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/ 15 October 2008
Former Gauteng premier Mbhazima Shilowa said on Wednesday he would be throwing his lot in with former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota.
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/ 15 October 2008
Former Gauteng premier Mbhazima Shilowa has tendered his resignation from the ANC, its spokesperson Jessie Duarte said on Wednesday.
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/ 15 October 2008
A special meeting of the ANC’s national executive committee will be convened on Wednesday to discuss the suspension of Mosiuoa Lekota.
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/ 15 October 2008
Three of the four men who raped and murdered schoolgirl Thato Radebe were on Tuesday each sentenced to 35 years behind bars.
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/ 15 October 2008
On being a so-called white, so-called middle-class, so-called liberal parent in South Africa in 2008, while trying not to lie and preserve innocence.
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/ 15 October 2008
Like many people,Ronald Suresh Roberts may think Thabo Mbeki’s dissident views on Aids ”flat earth crap”.
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/ 15 October 2008
Deputy registrar and legal adviser Paul Ngobeni is facing university disciplinary action for his support of Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
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/ 15 October 2008
The global slowdown could affect mining, writes Lynley Donnelly.