As the date for the final announcement of the successful bidder to develop an internationally competitive film studio in Cape Town approaches, a possible legal challenge could halt the process.
The Treatment Action Campaign’s (TAC) suspended civil disobedience campaign will be high on the agenda when the organisation meets for its national congress on Friday.
A condom project touted this week as one of the most ”innovative” to stem from the offset programme linked to South Africa’s multibillion-rand arms deal does not yet exist and has yet to create a single job.
Halfway through one of the Western Cape’s driest winters for decades, leading scientists and experts are set to gather in Cape Town to exchange ideas on the impact invasive alien plants are having on South Africa’s water resources.
Since the ban on freebie bags on May 9, many self-help groups have risen to the challenge and developed lucrative small businesses making eco-friendly substitutes.
Environmental Affairs Minister Valli Moosa has stood firm in the face of a storm over the allocation of traditional line fishing rights, saying those who believe they have been unfairly treated should lodge an appeal to him.
The alleged Absa hacker Johannes Jacobus Fourie appeared briefly in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court on Monday in connection with fraud reportedly involving R500 000.
Police on Saturday afternoon confirmed they had charged a man for the ABSA Bank computer e-mail breach with 10 counts of fraud and theft.
The person arrested in connection with the Absa internet fraud case on Thursday was only being held for questioning at this stage, Western Cape police said on Friday.
Seeff Residential Properties has urged property owners to have their properties and other assets valued for capital gains tax as soon as possible.
The Democratic Alliance continued pushing the Ministry of Safety and Security on Wednesday for the release of crime statistics on a more regular basis than once annually.
A team of scientists from the University of Pretoria is scheduled to begin excavations on Wednesday to determine whether there is a mass grave outside Laingsburg in the Karoo.
When Nedcor’s hostile takeover attempt of Standard Bank was shot down by Finance Minister Trevor Manuel three years ago, the South African banking group’s long-cherished dream of becoming the region’s biggest bank able to compete with global players seemed all but dead.
Officials from four big South African banks held talks in Johannesburg on Tuesday, and discussed the internet banking fraud which recently hit Absa, the largest bank in the country.
An urgent application by former president FW de Klerk for the Pretoria High Court to set aside a subpoena directing him to testify for the defence in the Boeremag trial is to be heard on Friday.
Former Western Cape environment and development affairs MEC David Malatasi approved a housing development after he had already left office, according to a High Court judge.
Minorities are more reluctant to vote in the next national election in South Africa — scheduled for 2004 — than their black counterparts, according to a Markinor poll conducted for the South African Broadcasting Corporation.
Significant direct Iranian investment in South Africa reflect robust economic ties between the two countries, Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said on Monday.
The Western Cape government has provided more than 167 000 Western Cape families with homes of their own since the start of the housing subsidy system, premier Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Monday.
An application by former president F W de Klerk for an interdict preventing him from having to testify for the defence in the Boeremag trial is to serve before the Pretoria High Court next Tuesday.
Retrenched workers, especially women, in the South African textile and clothing industry have experienced a marked decline in living standards, an Ecumenical Service for Socio-Economic Transformation report said on Thursday.
South African members of Parliament (MPs) were clearly informed of the procedures applying to the travel voucher scheme — now the subject of a forensic audit — as far back as August 2001, according to a circular issued by Parliament.
The extent of fraud involving travel vouchers used by South African Members of Parliament can’t yet be conclusively determined but the investigation may take several months, says National Assembly Speaker Frene Ginwala.
Members of the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) in the Western Cape demonstrated on Friday outside the SABC offices in Sea Point, Cape Town, against the prevalence of blasphemous language broadcast by the public broadcaster.
South Africa’s Western Cape province will soon host a conference aimed at bringing major airlines together to discuss ways of increasing international flights to Cape Town, according to Provincial Premier Marthinus Van Schalkwyk.
The room occupancy rate and the bed occupancy rate of hotels in South Africa for May 2003 increased by 0,2% and 0,9% respectively, compared with May 2002, Statistics South Africa said on Thursday.
Most of the debate that has been sparked by the death of chief Kaizer Matanzima has focused on an assessment of the type of ruler he was.
The Census 2001 results proved that South Africa’s transformation was on track, the African National Congress (ANC) said on Tuesday.
Former president FW de Klerk might turn to the courts in a bid to avoid having to testify for the defence in the Boeremag treason trial, his attorney said on Monday.
The trial of New Labour Party leader Peter Marais and former deputy social development minister David Malatsi on corruption charges will start in the Cape Town Regional Court next month.
Five of the nine provinces had underspent their HIV/Aids grant allocations for the 2002/2003 financial year.
Former president FW de Klerk has been subpoenaed to testify for the defence in the treason trial of 22 alleged members of the right-wing Boeremag organisation, an attorney said on Tuesday.