Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats), the world’s number-two platinum producer, on Thursday posted a 57% rise in headline earnings per share to R20,65.
SA cement producer PPC will sell a 15% stake worth R2,7-billion to black investors to meet government requirements on black ownership, it says.
Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest cellphone operator, MTN, posted a 26% rise in first-half adjusted headline earnings per share.
Maritzburg United earned themselves a point on their return to the Absa Premiership on Wednesday night, thanks to a 1-1 draw against Ajax Cape Town.
Wits coach Roger De Sa is happy with the way his side played in beating Santos 2-0 in the opening fixture of the Absa Premiership.
Outgoing Northern Cape ANC chairperson John Block has apologised for the behaviour of some party members in the run-up to a provincial conference.
Experts have slammed what they called SA’s lack of a migration policy on Africans, saying it is a major reason for the recent anti-immigrant violence.
John Stratton is fighting his possible extradition to South Africa in connection with the murder of Brett Kebble.
Thirteen years ago a strong environmental campaign saved the St Lucia dunes from being mined. The same cannot be said for this time round.
The state’s involvement in the mining industry is of a complementary and supportive nature.
Twelve-year-old Sarah Coppings speaks to children’s author Niki Daly about his latest book.
A look at the key area of catalytic converter manufacturing –the industrial cornerstone of beneficiation in this country.
Being a woman with a black eye is excruciating. Suddenly, people who were chatty at work start avoiding eye contact.
South Africa is seeking commercial contracts with foreign companies to reprocess spent nuclear fuel, a senior official said on Wednesday.
The relocation of people from two ”bad” inner-city buildings shows what is possible when the rights of the poor are considered, Cals says.
A senior police officer has been shot dead near Stanger in what is believed to have been a deliberate ambush targeting the officer.
The ID in Cape Town on Wednesday blocked a bid to fine an errant DA councillor on the grounds that the punishment was too light.
Short-term insurer Santam’s headline earnings per share were 89% lower for the first six months of 2008 compared with the same period in 2007.
Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour has dismissed suggestions he failed to disclose to Parliament a car received as a ”gift”.
Saru on Wednesday poured cold water on suggestions that Jake White, who coached SA to the World Cup title, could return as a director of rugby.
Authorities have announced a plan to move xenophobia refugees out of community halls and two of the ”safe sites” set up for them in Cape Town.
Altech announced on Wednesday that its telecommunications subsidiary, Altech Autopage Cellular, has signed a distribution agreement with Neotel.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Wednesday called for the unconditional and immediate scrapping of the two Bills that aim to disband the Scorpions.
Bafana Bafana coach Joel Santana on Wednesday sidestepped questions about the pressure he is under to beat Nigeria in a must-win match on September 6.
Cosatu said admissions made at a conference on the mining industry’s response to the power crisis have "totally vindicated" its mass-action campaign.
The Northern Cape African National Congress conference had still not started by noon on Wednesday.
An undersea earthquake is believed to have triggered a mini-tsunami off the Cape West Coast last week, the National Sea Rescue Institute says.
AfriForum on Wednesday welcomed a decision by the National Assembly’s public works committee to withdraw the controversial draft Expropriation Bill.
A pupil who is accused of killing a fellow schoolboy with a sword believes he was told by a ghost to become a satanist, a court heard on Wednesday.
SA stocks remained volatile by noon on Wednesday as resources flip-flopped around, but a CPIX reading in line with expectations aided banks.
South Africa’s Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Tuesday high levels of indebtedness were a strain on the economy.
Police arrested a man in Kuruman on Tuesday for unruly behaviour outside the Kgalagali District municipal offices where ANC leaders were meeting.