A report on the state of South Africa’s prisons by the Auditor General reveals a serious lapse in maintenance standards.
The JSE pushed higher at midday on Wednesday, paced by gold miners on a rebound in the bullion price as the dollar’s rally stalls.
The Gauteng provincial government on Wednesday denied removing people ahead of deadline from the camps it set up for refugees from xenophobic attacks.
Around the world Women’s Day is celebrated as a reminder of the contribution made by women to society. Women have become a force to be reckoned with.
Professor Brenda Wingfield has always pushed the boundaries of science. She was the first person to start DNA sequencing of filamentous fungi in SA.
KwaZulu-Natal-born Bridgette Gasa’s passion for architecture and the built environment was ignited during her matric year.
Standard Bank achieved what it called ”satisfactory” results in the first half of 2008, it said on Wednesday.
As a young learner growing up in Zimbabwe, Dionne Shepherd was fascinated by molecular/physical science and astronomy.
With rabies and related viruses in Africa as the focus of her research, Dr Wanda Markotter has an interest in the viruses found in African bats.
The South African Reserve Bank monetary policy committee’s rates meeting started on Wednesday morning.
Christiané Heiligers says that physics may not seem like an obvious career for a woman. What attracted her to it was its clear-cut laws.
Since 1984 Dr Nosisa Matsiliza, student of medical biochemistry and dietician, has been working to ensure that SA’s youth receive an education.
‘The death of a child has a devastating impact on a woman," says Grace Chitima Mugumbate, a PhD researcher at the University of Cape Town.
The recent National Anti-Corruption Summit supported moves to make price-fixing a crime — despite opposition from the Competition Commission.
Saturday’s MTN 8 first-leg semifinal between Kaizer Chiefs and Moroka Swallows has ”unceremoniously” been locked out of Loftus Versfeld.
A newborn baby stolen from the maternity ward in Barberton Hospital in Nelspruit has been found dead, police said on Tuesday.
Court hears about the hysterical screams of Avhatali Netshisaulu’s widow when her husband was inside the boot of his burning car.
The ANC has become fixated on the figure of the ”Great Leader” and this has contributed towards letting the populist genie out of the bottle.
Outlook for monkeys, apes and other primates has dramatically worsened. Nearly half of all primate species are threatened with extinction.
Six managers in the parliamentary office of the ANC have been suspended over allegations that they misappropriated money and created fictitious posts.
If plays stay on stage, never making their way on to the page, South Africans could lose an important aspect of their culture. But not if Robin Malan’
Tracey Farren’s debut novel <i>Whiplash</i> is the redemptive story of Tess, a Muizenberg sex worker. This is an extract from the book.
The state-owned airline has received R20-billion in bail-outs in the past five years, reports Lynley Donnelly.
The founder and publisher of the economic publication Who Owns Whom, Robin McGregor, was found murdered in his bathroom on Tuesday.
A Taliep Petersen murder accused testifies that a cluster of phone calls in the countdown to the musician’s killing was just coincidence.
Victims of alleged serial rapist Tsediso Letsoenya delivered shocking testimony in court on Tuesday.
Britain’s MI5 and the United States’s CIA are the masters of the Scorpions, a public hearing into their dissolution heard in Durban on Tuesday.
A consortium for refugees and the Wits Law Clinic have vowed to approach the Constitutional Court to keep Gauteng’s refugee shelters open.
A ship carrying about 300 logs lost its cargo while passing Robben Island, the South African Maritime Safety Authority said on Tuesday.
FNB and the banking ombudsman have agreed that FNB’s criteria for reassessing some home loans are ”fair and equitable”.
Gauteng believes it has done all it can to help reintegrate people displaced by xenophobic violence, and will close all its shelters on Friday.
Cosatu is to launch a week-long boycott of goods destined for Zimbabwe and Swaziland.