South Africa’s Navi Pillay takes up the post of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in September.
If the competition authorities get their way, fines for price colluding could be crippling, writes Lloyd Gedye.
The term political trial is difficult to define, but it usually takes the form of a criminal prosecution of a political opponent of the ruling party.
Despite the death of five foreigners, provincial officials insist reintegration has been successful.
Fancy your own Boeing 707? The Defence Department has a couple to spare, no doubt going cheap.
A man accused of killing his five-year-old stepdaughter claimed in court on Monday that the blood found on his jacket belonged to a sheep.
Gold Fields workers have refused to be redeployed from South Deep to the Kloof and Beatrix mines, the National Union of Mineworkers says.
There is ”no need” for court action to force the Gauteng provincial government to keep open temporary safe sites for refugees.
Presidential front-runner Jacob Zuma asked a court on Monday to scrap a long-running graft case against him, a bid the state described as pointless.
The three top players released from the Springbok squad for Saturday’s Test against Argentina were left out so they could get valuable playing time.
Prison authorities might have to explain why fraud convict Schabir Shaik is spending so much time in hospital instead of prison.
Former president Nelson Mandela paid a surprise visit to a hospice near Alexandra township in Johannesburg on Monday, his office said.
SA courts have been asked to order that the temporary camps set up for refugees be kept open until their charges are reintegrated.
More than 126 RDP houses in Ekurhuleni’s Thintwa village will receive a major facelift, the Gauteng housing department said on Monday.
Six awaiting trial detainees escaped from Siyabuswa police station holding cells on Saturday, Mpumalanga police said on Monday.
Axed Eastern Cape premier Nosimo Balindlela has told of her feelings of humiliation upon learning from the media of her recent sacking.
The Scorpions were not involved in the investigation of the Taliep Petersen murder, an affidavit on record at the murder trial has confirmed.
The South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers’ Union on Monday warned of a looming strike over wages with retail giant Pick n Pay.
The Eastern Cape branch of the National Union of Metalworkers has called on its members to down tools on Wednesday in protest at high food prices.
Fixed-line phone company Telkom announces a R1,7-billion deal with Absa to provide the banking group with a virtual network for its branches.
New vehicle sales declined by 19,7% compared to the corresponding month last year, says the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA.
The police and the SA defence force started with a week-long Soccer World Cup training exercise in and around Bloemfontein on Monday.
Kevin Evans confirmed his status as the country’s marathon mountain-bike racing king when he won his third successive SA title this weekend.
The JSE remained on the back foot at midday on Monday as the overall market was weighed by weaker mining stocks.
The Pietermaritzburg High Court started hearing argument on Monday on why the corruption case against ANC leader Jacob Zuma should be dropped.
The African National Congress repeated claims on Monday that its president, Jacob Zuma, was being persecuted by the National Prosecuting Authority.
The vigil for ANC president Jacob Zuma got off to a slow start with less than 1 000 die-hard supporters braving the cold in Pietermaritzburg.
For four months now Sihle Mavimbela has had to spend R14 on taxi fare each time he needs to draw cash from an automated teller machine.
Let’s face it, since 1994 many leading black figures in the middle, professional and upper classes have played the ”race card”.
Figures released this week will give the monetary policy committee a lot to talk about, writes
Maya Fisher-French.
Despite South African retail investors having withdrawn R3-billion from offshore funds in the last quarter, fund managers recommend offshore markets.
The indie label that gave birth to grunge is a very different beast in 2008. Lloyd Gedye explores its roster