The Eastern Cape ANC has rejected the outcome of a unanimous vote by the OR Tambo region for Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to lead the party.
The SKA project is "too big" to win a Nobel prize, but it will bring a deeper understanding of the universe than any award can really do justice to.
The fight against tolling was the hot topic of Workers’ Day as Cosatu and the SACP promised to step up their campaign against the government’s plans.
Media lawyer says info Bill could’ve meant jail for the journalists who reported on suspended police boss Bheki Cele’s signing off a dodgy tender.
The public broadcaster has largely ignored recommendations by the auditor general and this has been blamed on the fact that most executives have left.
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/ 17 February 2012
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has offered insight into why many politicians suffer the curse of bulging stomachs and widening waistlines.
Thabo Mbeki has expresses his scepticism of Twitter and blogging, calling it a tool to spread "false knowledge" to advance certain groups’ agendas.
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/ 8 November 2011
Parliament’s sports committee has told Safa that South African soccer needs to get serious about preparation and developing young talent.
Saccawu says Walmart could pursue its "anti-union philosophy" if its merger with local retailer Massmart goes ahead in its current form.
Music and jokes filled St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town where Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s book was launched ahead of his 80th birthday.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu expressed outrage on Tuesday on the government’s failure to grant Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama a visa.
JSC member Koos van der Merwe has asked chief justice nominee Mogoeng Mogoeng to withdraw his acceptance of the nomination.
Chief justice nominee Mogoeng Mogoeng has defended his record as a prosecutor and judge before the start of his interview with the JSC.
The driver of a 32-seater bus involved a crash in which 14 school pupils were killed in Knysna had allegedly tried to transport 58 schoolchildren.
ANC leaders are expected to demand tough action against the party’s youth league on Monday amid fresh allegations of corruption against it’s leader.
The largest tea estate in the southern hemisphere, Magwa Tea outside Lusikisiki, faces ruin after being looted by its workers earlier this year.
The DA can win Nelson Mandela Bay from the ANC in the local government elections, DA leader Helen Zille said on Tuesday.
A social worker notices a girl in her early teens slouched against a fence, speaking flirtatiously to a young man. He shakes his head in disapproval.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe advised worshippers outside the Eastern Cape town of Cala on Sunday to vote for his party.
The ANC is vowing to win back Gauteng’s top performing Democratic Alliance-run Midvaal municipality, but the party faces a tough task.
Those debating the nationalisation of mines need to look at how well government-controlled entities function, Reserve Bank governor Gill Marcus said.
Former Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide left South Africa for Haiti at 11.15pm on Thursday night, after more than seven years in exile.
National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel will not comment on the rebuke he received from ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.
Government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi has apologised "unreservedly" for saying that there are too many coloureds in the Western Cape.
Jimmy Manyi said on Thursday he was speaking on behalf of the BMF when he said there were too many coloured people in the Western Cape.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan appeared to please many with his 2011/12 budget on Wednesday.
New government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi runs the risk of being bigger news than the story he conveys, commentators said on Thursday.
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/ 25 January 2011
Staff at Cape Town’s luxurious One&Only Hotel are used to "unusual" requests — such as a guest who insisted a fish tank be assembled in his room.
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/ 18 January 2011
Proposed changes to labour laws that aim to end casual-worker brokers are a long way from becoming law, a senior labour department official says.
Claims by Helen Zille that the SA Human Rights Commission was a "political hit-squad" for the ANC were untruthful, the commission said on Thursday.
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/ 24 September 2010
The government will look at introducing compulsory community service for university graduates, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said.
The leaking of ANC leadership discussions and decisions to the media must be dealt with "decisively", Gwede Mantashe said on Monday.