Procurement should not be used as a tool to redistribute tender money but as a means to preserve and create jobs.
Author Chris Cocks talks about his book Out of Action.
Author Chris Cocks speaks about his book Fireforce.
As part of the Meet the Author series, Adam Habib, co-editor of Racial Redress and Citizenship in South Africa, talks about the book.
Zimbabwe’s new local ownership law, requiring locals to own 51% of foreign firms, could hurt the nation’s economic recovery, a union says.
Government’s failings in education and health mean that inequality has still not been addressed, writes Karthy Govender.
South Africa’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) jumped to a seasonally adjusted 60,4 in February, a near-three-year high.
British insurer Prudential said on Monday it was in "advanced" talks to purchase AIA, the Asian arm of United States insurance giant AIG.
South African industrial group Bidvest posted a 9% rise in first-half profit, helped by cost cuts and a strong performance from its Asia-Pacific unit.
Phuthuma Nhleko, CEO of cellphone group MTN, will step down as CEO and group president in March 2011, the group said on Monday.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has threatened an indefinite strike at Gold Fields’s operations in SA over safety procedures.
Former top cop Jackie Selebi’s corruption trial was expected to resume in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Monday.
Zimbabwe’s spinners led the touring side to 26-run victory over the West Indies in a low-scoring Twenty20 international on Sunday.
All Black lock Jason Eaton will miss the remainder of the Wellington Hurricanes’ Super 14 rugby season after rupturing knee ligaments.
Tottenham Hotspur held off a strong fightback by Everton to beat the Merseysiders 2-1 on Sunday to regain fourth place in the English Premiership.
The <i>Sunday Times</i> stands by its story that Jessie Duarte intends to resign from her Presidency position as chief operations officer.
Former United States vice-president Al Gore has taken aim at sceptics who doubt the reality of human-caused climate change.
Cope deputy president and MP Lynda Odendaal has joined the African National Congress, she announced on Sunday.
ANC Youth League president Julius Malema on Sunday said a newspaper reporter faked his signature to portray him as a bad person.
The South African Communist Party (SACP) called on Sunday for a review of the process under which government contracts are awarded.
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/ 28 February 2010
ANC stalwart Jessie Duarte has resigned as President Jacob Zuma’s chief operations officer in the presidency, a media report said on Sunday.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions in Gauteng on Saturday said it supported calls by the ANC Youth League to nationalise the mines.
The racist notion that the progress of black youth was automatically a consequence of corruption must be confronted, said Julius Malema on Saturday.
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/ 28 February 2010
Let them eat cake. That is one of the likely headlines after an all-night birthday gala for Robert Mugabe, the autocratic president of Zimbabwe.
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/ 27 February 2010
Fullback Israel Dagg kicked 14 points to help the Highlanders notch their first Super 14 away win in two years with a 31-24 win over the Cheetahs.
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/ 27 February 2010
Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers blasted unbeaten centuries to set up SA’s 90-run win over India in the third and final one-dayer on Saturday.
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/ 27 February 2010
The Wellington Hurricanes maintained their unbeaten start to the Super 14 season with a 31-18 victory over the Lions at Westpac Stadium on Saturday.
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/ 27 February 2010
After investigation into killing of Hamas official emirate’s police chief emerges as a star across the Arab world.
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/ 27 February 2010
Golfer Tiger Woods was dumped by sports drink brand Gatorade on Friday, becoming the third major corporate sponsor to abandon him.
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/ 27 February 2010
ACT Brumbies flank George Smith scored a late intercept try to secure a hard-fought 19-17 win over the Stormers in a Super 14 match at Newlands.
Johannesburg’s Soccer City stadium, venue of the opening and final World Cup matches, will be handed over to Fifa in April, organisers said on Friday.
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/ 26 February 2010
The Bellville Commercial Crime Court on Friday rejected an application for the early release of former Fidentia accountant Graham Maddock.