Changes from the top and fresh energy are invigorating the National Arts Festival. Brent Meersman speaks to Tony Lankester, the new chief executive.
Musician Prince Kupi died with his wife in a car accident on June 7. His nephew, the young poet Maakomele Manaka, pays tribute to his deceased uncle.
Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs Lulama Xingwana is suing the Mail & Guardian for R1-million for defamation.
The African National Congress’s Western Cape secretary, Mcebisi Skwatsha, was stabbed in the neck at an ANC meeting on Thursday evening.
Both leading candidates for the presidency of the ANC Women’s League seen as strong supporters of Jacob Zuma.
Diesel use in South Africa, driven by home generators and the trucking of coal to Eskom power stations
The idea of criminalising anti-competitive behaviour and hitting the colluders is an attractive one.
Eskom’s rapid spending to beat the electricity crisis is spreading largesse in high places.
Johannesburg taxi drivers this week threatened register their protest against escalating fuel prices.
The Western Cape government and the City of Cape Town have locked horns over the handling of xenophobia victims.
The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee on Thursday decided to increase the repo rate by 50 basis points to 12%.
A rebuke of President Robert Mugabe might not be enough to save Zimbabwe, but it could allow South Africa to salvage some national pride.
The city of Cape Town says it is to hold a workshop in a bid to find solutions to the city’s refugee crisis.
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has made four changes to his team for the second Test against Six Nations champions Wales in Pretoria on Saturday.
Linda Mti, the chief security officer for the 2010 Soccer World Cup was acquitted on drunken-driving charges in the Hillbrow Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
South Africa’s Cabinet has approved the country’s nuclear policy, enabling the controversial technology to play a greater role in alleviating a critical power shortage.
At least 21 of the 62 people who died in the recent xenophobic violence were South African citizens, government communications head Themba Maseko said on Thursday.
The lawyer representing Cape Judge President John Hlophe on Thursday denied reports that Hlophe is to lodge a counter-complaint with the Judicial Service Commission.
There will be no tampering with the fuel levies to try to ease the pain of oil price increases, the Cabinet has decided.
Despite assurances that laws abolishing the Scorpions would be passed by Parliament by June, it looks as though the crime-fighting unit is going to have a few more months to live.
A Cape High Court judge will on Friday deliver his ruling on the Treatment Action Campaign’s (TAC) bid to shut down activities of vitamin entrepreneur Matthias Rath.
Attorneys for Cape Judge President John Hlophe will lodge a complaint with the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) against Constitutional Court judges, it was reported on Wednesday.
There’s welcome action around subscription TV. But as regards terrestrial digital television, don’t hold your breath.
South Africa is fully capable of ”turning the corner” and consolidating the gains made since 1994 despite the many challenges it faces, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said on Wednesday
The death toll after the Stellenbosch building collapse was revised to three on Wednesday, the town’s director of community safety said.
South Africa’s manufacturing-sector growth rebounded in April, official data showed on Wednesday, but business confidence dipped, pointing to tougher times ahead.
Oscar Pistorius said on Wednesday that he does not believe he has a chance of qualifying to run with able-bodied athletes in the 400m at the Beijing Olympics.
The cost of the electronic National Transport Information System (eNatis) increased from an initial R354-million to almost R600-million, the Department of Transport said on Wednesday.
Results of a safety audit of South African mines were ”worrying” because they showed a low level of safety compliance, a top mining official said on Wednesday.
The United Nations is not about to take any drastic steps to move refugees from xenophobic attacks to other countries, reports Imke van Hoorn.
The state will be able to play five audio recordings made at the scene of Judge Nkola John Motata’s car accident in January last year when his drunken-driving trial resumes next month.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation announced on Wednesday that it would launch a book in tribute to Madiba in his 90th year.