Australia flanker David Pocock expects SA to be boosted by the return of fullback Francois Steyn in Saturday’s Tri-Nations match in Pretoria.
The deaths of nine schoolchildren on Wednesday were due to a "reckless" driver, Western Cape minister of transport Robin Carlisle said.
An interim interdict that prohibits all members of the SAPS from joining the public-service strike was granted in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Thousands of striking public servants took to the streets in mass marches countrywide on Thursday, vowing to continue with a disruptive strike.
About 145 000 police and traffic officers as well as prison warders will join the public sector wage strike on Saturday.
The first day of the ANCYL National General Council started several hours late. We took the opportunity to quiz delegates about the nationalisation of mines.
A plane crashed after having trouble landing in western Democratic Republic of Congo Wednesday, killing at least 19 people.
Plans by Cosatu to stage a solidarity strike triggered a chorus of warnings from politicians on Wednesday.
Caster Semenya, the women’s 800m world champion, was named in South Africa’s Commonwealth Games squad on Wednesday.
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) national general council (NGC) was delayed by registration problems on Wednesday.
Scores of journalists staged a silent picket outside Parliament’s main gates at lunchtime on Wednesday.
A prisoner who gave police the slip at an Australian airport and was eventually found in a pub said he’d only wanted to see his mother.
Moral suasion is not sufficient to force the steel industry to follow a price policy that boosts competitiveness, a senior official says.
Final battle for freedom of speech will end up in the courts, which will also come under attack.
Nine children were killed in a crash between a commuter train and a taxi outside Cape Town on Wednesday.
SA’s targeted measure of annual consumer price inflation slowed more than expected in July, backing the case for an interest-rate cut on September 9.
The doctor who cut a Harlequins rugby player’s lip to cover up a fake-blood injury scam said on Tuesday she is ashamed she succumbed to pressure.
This is the front line of what has been called "Africa’s world war". More than five-million people have died, mainly from hunger and disease.
After a very successful World Cup and by all accounts a pretty successful US earnings season, it looks like it’s back to reality.
SA has defended China’s investment in Africa, saying Beijing was not pursuing a neocolonial policy and that its growing interest was positive.
SA plans to revise its exchange controls for companies and will delay tightening rules that govern cross-border interest taxation until 2013.
President Jacob Zuma met Hu Jintao in Beijing on Tuesday for talks aimed at broadening the relationship between Beijing and Africa’s biggest economy.
Chilean health officials are seeking advice from Nasa on how the 33 miners trapped underground can remain sane and healthy.
Cosatu has threatened a total shutdown of the economy with a secondary strike if government fails to settle its dispute with workers by next Thursday.
Registration of delegates ahead of the African National Congress Youth League’s National General Council got of to a slow start on Tuesday.
A passenger plane with 96 people on board crashed in Yichun City in north-east China’s Heilongjiang Province on Tuesday night, it has been reported.
The media do make mistakes at times, but government’s attempts to control media to correct this are unacceptable, says the National Press Club.
The opening night of Standard Bank Joy of Jazz is a not-to-be-missed musical feast.
Who is Michael Ward? Well he works for the sheriff’s department in New Orleans.
Capetonian Kyle Shepherd recently returned from a successful tour of Denmark and Switzerland and will now showcase his versatility in Jo’burg.
Trumpet ace Chris Botti attributes his breakthrough into music to a superstar who has become a mentor and a personal friend.
Ace American saxophonist and composer Kim Waters wants to experience the true African vibe.