Silence and buck-passing have been the official response to the alleged rape of former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown in the back of a police van.
According to experts and ex-prisoners, young, good-looking men, homosexuals and white-collar convicts are most vulnerable to prison rapes.
Three Bills have been tabled simultaneously in the National Assembly aimed at ending floor-crossing legislation.
The ”horrid nightmare” in Zimbabwe showed what happened when people were prepared to kill for their leaders, Archbishop Desmond Tutu said on Tuesday.
Former SAA hostess Linda Charity Danie was on Tuesday sentenced to a fine of R1 500 or five months jail for stealing a passenger’s diamond ring.
Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool has won a complaint against tabloid newspaper the Daily Voice, the press ombudsman said on Monday.
Kevin Kriedermann asks Cape Town Television’s Karen Thorne about the possibilities of an integrated community television station in the city
Organisations working against trafficking could stand to lose funding after a new book finds there is little trafficking in the sex industry
Founder of the Joy of Jazz festival Peter Tladi tells
Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya how it all began
Work has come to a halt on the Expropriation Bill, and although there been no announcement, the hold-up seems to lie with Parliament’s legal advisers.
The drunken driving case against cricketer Herschelle Gibbs was postponed in his absence in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Among the many accolades showered on Nelson Mandela at a joint sitting of Parliament on Friday were some shining examples of his sense of humour.
Director Jane Lipman couldn’t have wished for a better time to launch her thought-provoking documentary on the lives of South African women judges.
Unions are seeking a R1 500-a-month bonus for all workers at Cape Town’s Green Point 2010 stadium, regardless of whether targets are met.
The Nelson Mandela Museum is to run a year-long festival to celebrate the 90th birthday of the revered former president, Kader Asmal has announced.
Cape Town’s Kelvin Grove club, which several years ago clashed with health authorities over anti-smoking legislation and won, has now banned smoking.
A new executive director will soon take over the reins of the National Arts Festival. Ismail Mahomed will succeed Lynette Marais.
News on mobile: Guy Berger writes about a bid to crack cellphones for future journalism.
The Expropriation Bill could seriously damage South Africa’s international creditworthiness, former president FW de Klerk said on Wednesday.
Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana staunchly defended himself in Parliament on Wednesday against charges that he made racist remarks.
Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana raises hackles with his description of Chinese South Africans and Chinese employers.
Backup electricity can be a costly exercise, writes Barrie Terblanche
If the Cape Town Book Fair is to mean something beyond an exercise in retailing it needs to seize opportunities to be unique, writes Darryl Accone.
Let this be a turning point where together we recognise and transcend the limits of citizenship by extending protection to all who live in South Africa.
The liquidator trying to recover money owed by MPs says the Speaker of Parliament is not giving the full story.
”We know that the guy who stabbed Mcebisi was standing with a group of people including the Paarl Regional Executive Council”
Seven world premieres of new South African
drama will be staged at the main festival this year. Brent Meersman reports.
Artist Lolo Veleko speaks to Kwanele Sosibo about the meaning of Wonderland.
Volunteer psychologists in Cape Town speak of a sense of profound hopelessness among foreigners. Men came forward for therapy more readily than women.
Eastern philosophies of Islam come face to
face with Western lifestyles in a new exhibition by Capetonian twins. Yazeed Kamaldien reports
They must roll up their sleeves, muck in
and colour-up to make an impact. Without policies rooted in principles and values, power is worthless.
SA on Saturday beat Italy 26-0 in their one-off Test match at Newlands, but there is little doubt that the visitors will see this as a moral victory.