Adriaan Strauss was summoned to replace the suspended Bismarck du Plessis on Sunday as SA announced John Smit was sidelined for the Tri-Nations.
African National Congress Youth League president Julius Malema said those opposed to Jacob Zuma becoming SA’s next president must be eliminated.
Finance minister Trevor Manuel has issued a stern threat of legal consequences for journalists over his court battle with Terry Crawford-Browne.
As a nation, South Africa has long overcome cultural cringe and the need to emulate Anglo-America for artistic validation.
Opposition parties reacted on Sunday to the apparent firing of the Eastern and Western Cape premiers by the African National Congress.
Violence within the North West Province ANC has worsened. This week there were more assaults and the party’s regional office were torched.
Thousands of tenants may have to be evacuated from a landmark flatlands complex in Pretoria that has fallen on hard times.
Thrill-seekers get a unique view of Soweto from two 100m-high cooling towers — especially when they swing by a rope far above the ground.
Mamelodi Sundowns beat Egyptian club Haras el-Hodoud 1-0 in a first-leg CAF Confederation Cup game in Atteridgeville on Saturday.
The Blue Bulls secured their third win of the season on Saturday, beating the Cheetahs 31-23. Also, Griquas edged Western Province 21-20.
The Blue Bulls have released their beloved flyhalf Derick Hougaard to further his career in England where he will team up with Heyneke Meyer.
All Africans must speak out about injustices in places like Zimbabwe, Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf said on Saturday in Soweto.
Media reports say the African National Congress has fired the premiers of the Western and Eastern Cape, Nosimo Balindlela and Ebrahim Rasool.
Despite his allegiances, the Limpopo premier looks set to become the next provincial chairperson.
Find a food industry in South Africa these days and it appears that one or more players are conspiring to control more than their fair share.
Western Cape housing minister Richard Dyantyi has applied to rezone land occupied by the informal settlement, despite residents opposing evictions.
Hank McGregor won a spirited sprint to clinch his fifth Isuzu Berg River Canoe marathon title on Saturday. The women’s title went to Abbey Miedema.
The Sharks secure a bonus-point Currie Cup win in Durban as the Bulldogs score a huge surprise in Witbank.
The fight against high and rising food prices will require the mobilisation of all social forces, the Gauteng Food Summit was told on Friday.
The Act that qualifies men to apply for the state old-age grant from the age of 60 has been signed into law.
Another ATM is bombed in Gauteng as a media report reveals that explosives stolen from gold mines are being sold on the black market.
South Africa’s state enterprises are vital to the development of the country and its people’s skills, ANC president Jacob Zuma said on Friday.
The internal democratic processes of the ANC are being compromised by block-voting and a winner-takes-all mentality.
A survey reveals South Africans’ attitudes towards foreigners in the home and the workplace, emigration and future prospects.
Mbhazima Shilowa was in Derby this week to take delivery of the first Gautrain carriages, but the focus will soon shift to the East Rand town of Nigel
Lawlessness, murderous mobs and politics were behind violence, says Robert McBride.
The African National Congress has rejected media reports that it has plans to establish its own daily newspaper.
Soccer fans may not only need a ticket to see their favourite teams play in the 2010 World Cup — earplugs should also come in handy.
Some Kliptown residents plan to protest against poor service delivery when Nelson Mandela pays them a birthday visit on Saturday.
New-car dealerships are presently in ”survival mode”, CEO of the Retail Motor Industry Association Jeff Osborne said on Friday.
The ANC has shrugged off criticisms that recent remarks by its secretary general amounted to an attack on the independence of the judiciary.
Determining whether Jacob Zuma is innocent or guilty is of the ”most pressing interest”, says the National Prosecuting Authority in court papers.