Telkom workers from two South African communication industry trade unions will go on strike from August 1 to 5 over wage demands.
The first group of the over 200 male refugees arrested for camping outside the Lindela detention centre have had their case postponed to August 6.
The Law Society of South Africa has brought an application in the Cape High Court to set aside as unlawful a decision by the Road Accident Fund.
Over 200 refugees and asylum seekers will appear in the Krugersdorp District Court on Wednesday to face charges under the Road Traffic Act.
Wildlife traffickers are laundering hunting permits to smuggle rhinoceros horns to the Far East for use in medicinal potions.
Normally, inflation data is reweighted every five years to factor in changes in consumer behaviour. As the economy grows and wages increase, spending on certain items such as food, electricity and petrol tend to decrease. This time, however, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is releasing the new inflation data six years after the last official […]
People with irregular incomes can now access an inexpensive debit card for a one-off fee of just R30 and no ongoing management fees.
The distribution of wealth in post-apartheid South Africa has become more unequal, writes Réjane Woodroffe.
South African media faces the threat of political censorship if new information laws are passed through Parliament unchanged.
The Johannesburg Social Housing Company plans to build a housing development in Hillbrow that will provide more than 400 residents with homes.
A Pietermaritzburg woman who owns a day-care centre for toddlers accidentally drove her car into ten of her charges on Tuesday, killing one.
Egypt and South Africa would continue to work together to build the framework for economic and political cooperation.
A KwaZulu-Natal crèche is being investigated amid allegations that the principal ordered two mentally handicapped people to have sex in her office.
The African National Congress will support party president Jacob Zuma’s Pietermaritzburg High Court bid to have his corruption trial declared invalid.
A funding shortfall could hurt HIV-positive South African prisoners in need of antiretroviral drugs, said a senior correctional services official.
The Pretoria High Court on Tuesday criticised the government for failing to afford a Free State farmer diplomatic protection in Zimbabwe.
A number of Africa’s best musicians will perform at a concert in Johannesburg in August, to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday.
The South African Reserve Bank’s August rate decision could go either way, Nedbank’s Economic Unit said on Tuesday.
The Sunday Sun was ”disparaging” of homosexuals in publishing a column by Jon Qwelane headlined ”Call me names, but gay is NOT okay”.
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille has been denied permission to visit the Jeppestown police station as part of the DA’s anti-crime campaign.
The JSC has dismissed Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s application for the recusal of five commissioners from handling a complaint against him.
Two out of five South African schoolchildren say they have been raped, according to a study published on Tuesday.
Asylum-seekers and refugees moved from the R28 road outside the Lindela detention centre were still being ”detained for their own safety” on Tuesday.
A former dormitory matron charged with abuse at US talk show host Oprah Winfrey’s girls academy in South Africa on Tuesday pleaded not guilty.
Najwa Petersen told the Cape High Court on Tuesday how an intruder put a gun to her head and demanded money on the night her husband was killed.
Despite the risks involved, many people
will benefit, writes Lynley Donnelly.
The JSE was off its lows at midday on Tuesday, thanks to firmer resources. However, players remained cautious as overseas markets are weaker.
Growth in demand for credit by South Africa’s private sector quickened in the year to June, data showed on Tuesday.
Willie Madisha has been removed as president of the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu), Sadtu’s Jon Lewis said on Tuesday.
World Cup winners Fourie du Preez and Jaque Fourie returned to a 30-man South African squad on Monday for next month’s Test against Argentina.
Cellphone giant Vodacom has implemented a R7,5-billion broad-based black economic empowerment (BEE) ownership transaction, it said on Tuesday.
The SARB said on Tuesday that the South African banking system remained stable and banks were adequately capitalised during 2007.