Cosatu has condemned what it terms "elitist" black economic empowerment deals in the steel industry.
Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota will seek to be sworn in as an MP on Wednesday following a court ruling.
The Gauteng department of education said on Wednesday that it will implement study groups to continue learning during the public sector strike.
England bowler Graeme Swann told a cop who stopped him for drunken driving that he had had to go out to buy screwdrivers to rescue his trapped cat.
Germany star Mesut Ozil has quit Werder Bremen to sign a contract with Spanish giants Real Madrid, it was announced on Tuesday afternoon.
Leila Janah’s non-profit company, Samasource, outsources simple but time-consuming tasks to people living in some of the poorest areas on the planet.
There will be a six-month moratorium on new prospecting applications while a full audit of all mineral rights granted since 2004 is conducted.
Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi criticised the proposed Protection of Information Bill during the Ruth First memorial lecture on Tuesday.
Public-sector workers embarked on a full-blown, indefinite strike on Wednesday after rejecting the government’s latest pay offer.
Two blasts hit Russia’s Caucasus on Tuesday, one killing a policeman at a checkpoint and the other wounding about two dozen at a street cafe.
<i>M&G</i> reviewers give you the lowdown on which CDs are worth picking off the shelves.
Striker Nicolas Anelka has been banned for 18 games by the French team after a players’ Soccer World Cup revolt.
Public-sector unions on Tuesday rejected a revised government wage offer and said they planned a mass strike from Wednesday
Have you wondered why a wine bottle should traditionally have a punt, that depression in its base?
A company has discovered offshore oil deposits in Mozambique, but studies are still under way to determine if they are commercially viable.
The sardine run is an underwater version of the wildebeest migration over the Serengeti, explains <b>Brent Meersman</b>.
Interventions such as learnerships, employer subsidies and internships have failed to make a meaningful impact on youth unemployment.
Midlife crisis: Men are now, according to the retail analyst Mintel, buying top-of-the-range racing bikes instead.
One sector of apartheid life, has, to date, escaped any process of truth and reconciliation — the international corporation.
Sanef is willing to talk about improving self-regulation, but does not appreciate the public slamming of the media by ANC officials.
Public-service unions will announce on Tuesday if a revised wage offer from the government has been accepted, an official said.
Zimbabwe has shrugged off a ban by a major diamond trading network, saying it was sure to sure to find buyers in Russia and Asia.
A suicide bomber has blown himself up at a crowded Iraqi army recruitment centre in Baghdad on Tuesday killing 43 people.
A body representing major media houses in the US has sent a letter to President Jacob Zuma urging him to shelve proposed restrictions to SA media.
The department of rural development and land reform has said that foreigners will not be able to own land without the consent of local communities.
The Public Protector has been unable to find irregularities in contracts awarded to Julius Malema’s SGL Engineering Projects.
<i>M&G</i> political reporter Mmanaledi Mataboge engages press ombudsman Joe Thloloe in a conversation about why self-regulation by the media is preferable to a media tribunal, as is being proposed by the ANC.
A gem-trading group on Monday banned the sale of diamonds from Zimbabwe’s Marange mines, saying there was no guarantee they were not "blood diamonds".
South African insurer Santam said on Monday half-year profit likely jumped by as much as 85%.
No one has been arrested for the killing of four "illegal" miners, who were shot dead in a shaft at the Aurora Grootvlei mine, police said on Monday.
The Independent Complaints Directorate is investigating complaints of torture against the Organised Crime Unit at Belville South in the Western Cape.
Leaders from 14 Southern African countries on Monday began a two-day meeting to discuss regional integration on the 30th anniversary of SADC.