Access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy is the crucial public issue of our time, argues sociologist Jacklyn Cock.
In a one-party dominant state like SA, officials with political aspirations that suit the ANC are allowed to ride roughshod over our hard-won values.
A farmers’ group on Thursday withdrew from a parliamentary public hearing on the future of the Scorpions, saying it turned into an ANC meeting.
If SA’s slide into recession is to be reversed, interest rates must not just remain unchanged but come down, says Cosatu.
The Constitutional Court is expected to issue directions ”very soon” on the fate of people living in camps for refugees from xenophobic violence.
Southern African leaders gather for a summit where Zimbabwe’s crisis features high on the agenda — but Morgan Tsvangirai may not attend.
Complaints of a severe headache from serial rape accused Tsediso Letsoenya brought his trial in the Cape High Court to a sudden halt on Thursday.
The legal teams of Jacob Zuma and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) have failed to agree on future court dates, the NPA said on Thursday.
The man who says he has confessed all in the Taliep Petersen killing faced a grilling on Thursday over contradictions in his statements.
Lloyd Gedye speaks to three members of Foto na Dans about their new EP.
The lawyer of a man accused of helping siblings murder their parents has demanded in court that any confessions be given to him in writing.
The hot topic of transformation in sport boiled to the surface again this week, somewhat predictably in the domain of rugby.
The SACP has voiced its concerns over a court decision to grant a temporary order against the RAF’s policy of paying claimants directly.
SADC will render the assistance and support needed in Zimbabwe, Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said in Johannesburg on Thursday.
Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) on Thursday reported a 9,1% increase in revenue to R2,8-billion for the year ended March 2008.
Shareholders of Tiger Brands on Thursday approved resolutions that will give rise to the separate listing and unbundling of Adcock Ingram Holdings.
Absa has launched a no-card ATM service, CashSend, aimed at servicing both banked and unbanked South Africans, the bank announced on Thursday.
SA stocks were sharply firmer in noon trade on Thursday as the recovery in resources and mining stocks continued amid generally firmer world markets.
Unit two of the Koeberg nuclear power station has commenced generating electricity, Eskom said on Thursday.
Simmer and Jack Mines said on Thursday that an accident at its Buffelsfontein mine in North West has claimed the life of one mine worker.
The South African Reserve Bank is expected to leave interest rates unchanged at the end of a two-day policy meeting on Thursday.
The World Bank’s private-sector lender said on Wednesday it was in early talks with Eskom on possible financing to help the company boost capacity.
Gauteng police busted an ATM bombing syndicate in the early hours of Thursday in Devland, south of Johannesburg.
SA fullback Percy Montgomery will become the ninth player in history to reach the magical 100-Test mark when he faces New Zealand on Saturday.
South Africans search for bookish answers in a time of political doubt, writes Nosimilo Ndlovu.
Child witnesses are often made to confront their assailants, write Anita Funke and Sandiso Phaliso.
A “grave mix-up” among three prosecutors led to Linda Mti, head of security for the 2010 football World Cup, walking free on charges of drunk-driving. The Hillbrow Magistrate’s Court acquitted Mti in June after the state failed to call its main witness, the man driving the car into which Mti smashed his Volkswagen Touareg in […]
Perhaps in a world in which men are going bald in their twenties, someone flaunting his mane may just be too much.
The idea is that reporters need to be cautious about accepting what people tell them and should always look for evidence to corroborate statements.
Wildfires were raging across the Eastern Cape on Wednesday, firefighting organisation Working on Fire said.
ANC leaders in the Northern Cape were on Wednesday accused of pushing factionalism and increasing tensions ahead of the provincial congress.
With her baby on her hip, Zimbabwean Gloria Mhango walked down a Johannesburg street on Wednesday urgently looking for accommodation.