The drug-related charges against Golden Lions wing Rayno Benjamin were withdrawn in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
The JSE remained in positive territory on Thursday following the direction of European markets, which were trading higher.
The list of candidates to succeed outgoing Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa is a ”badly kept secret”, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Thursday.
Three miners have died in the past two days from separate accidents, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Thursday.
Shares in Mvelaphanda Resources closed 8% up on Wednesday on speculation of an imminent announcement on a tie-up with Implats.
Wits coach Roger de Sa and his Platinum Stars counterpart, Miguel Gamondi, slammed the match referee after Wits won 1-0 on Wednesday night.
A 32-year-old man was shot dead with his own firearm in an apparent botched hijacking on the N1 highway north-west of Johannesburg on Thursday.
There is no truth in the rumour that Schabir Shaik will be released on Thursday, says the Department of Correctional Services.
Parliament has not brushed the Travelgate saga under the carpet, said the office of the speaker on Wednesday.
Zwelinzima Vavi’s statements of Cosatu’s views on post-Thabo Mbeki economic policy, recently published in the M&G, are of great importance.
A technique pioneered by African agricultural scientists has helped boost crop yields in exhausted and ancient soils.
Richmond’s former mayor recalls the town’s
low-grade war in the early 1990s with Niren Tolsi.
Despite being intimidated by shadowy figures, a refugee camp coordinator speaks out about shocking conditions.
On average a professor earns an annual package of R500 000, while junior and senior lecturers earn between R250 000 and R350 000.
Teenage girls sleep with their Wonderbras on because they fear losing elasticity if they let their body hang naturally.
Two strikingly different speeches — one saying goodbye, and the other saying hello. Two moods and two different styles.
The damage caused by runaway veld fires that destroyed the Schoemansdal Museum near Makhado is estimated at R3-million.
South African actress Daphney Hlomuka-Ngubane, popularly known as Sis May in the TV show S’gudi S’naysi, died on Wednesday.
Parliament has started winding down the Directorate of Special Operations — better known as the Scorpions.
Renowned Afrikaans writer Audrey Blignault died in a Cape Town clinic on Wednesday at the age of 92, SABC news reported.
Beatrice Marshoff remains Free State premier for now, but has been advised that she must leave her post, provincial party officials said on Wednesday.
The Springboks will send their strongest possible squad on the end-of-year tour to the United Kingdom.
Not enough has been done to address trends in poverty, inequality and state legitimacy in South Africa, the Presidency said on Wednesday.
Africa’s first-ever solar-powered car race is under way in SA to raise awareness about alternative energy and promote science and technology.
SA rhino populations are under threat from poachers, with KZN game parks reporting that at least 12 White Rhino have been killed since January.
Sasol was among nine companies fined a total of €676-million by the European Commission for forming a ”paraffin mafia” to fix prices.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions lashed out at outgoing Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa on Wednesday.
Accounting and professional service firms are the largest recruiters, but still struggle to fill vacancies, writes Cathy Sims.
Tertiary students will benefit from a new finance package aimed at giving them access to personal computers and Notebooks.
Private tertiary education institution St Augustine College of South Africa will offer a BCom degree next year.
The Gauteng provincial government has closed down the refugee shelter in Glenanda, on Rifle Range Road south of Johannesburg.
This area of study fosters understanding across barriers of race, class, gender or ethnicity, argues Louise Vincent.