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THE letters come addressed to "Mr Mosa" because no one imagines that a woman would run Tshimo Ya Tlago Construction . Little do they know the chief is a woman, and she is only 20.
VISITING South African Afro-pop and kwaito musician Freddy Gwala has said his tour of Zimbabwe was part of his mission to fight crime on the continent through music.
The Department of Public Service and Administration is nearing the finalisation of the restructuring of national government, says Minister Richard Baloyi.
About 250 senior managers are currently undergoing anti-corruption training, as part of government's efforts to root out crime in the public service.
South Africans will be among the tens of thousands expected to participate in the Global Diabetes Walk to help raise awareness for the diabetes pandemic.
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Sicelo Shiceka says he wants to turn local government into a "responsive, efficient, effective and accountable" structure.
President Jacob Zuma has described his recent meeting with mayors and municipal managers from all 283 municipalities in the country as a success.
Departments under the Gauteng Provincial Government have been instructed to monitor their spending more robustly in light of the tough economic climate.
A four-year-old girl is still missing after storms hit two Mpumalanga local municipalities on Tuesday evening.
Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma says her department plans to conduct a comprehensive review of the work permit system to make it easier for foreign investors to live and work in South Africa.
Record rainfalls and widespread crop damage caused by severe drought in the Western Cape are threatening to drive up food prices, force farms to shut down, and could cost thousands of people their jobs, experts have warned.
A man who shot a 17-year-old girl in the face turned the gun on himself and committed suicide after he was chased from the crime scene in Goodwood by an off-duty police officer.
A Cape Town man is to be charged with defeating the ends of justice after dramatically withdrawing a statement in connection with the murder of Mitchells Plain street committee member Mervyn Jacobs.
Mpho Makwana acting Chairman has told a media conference at Megawatt Park in Johannesburg that Jacob Maroga has signed his letter of resignation.
The South African cabinet has approved a new policy prohibiting discrimination against soldiers and would-be recruits on the basis of their HIV status.
AFRICA has been shielded from the worst effects of the global recession, yet its growth rate this year is projected to be 2,8%, down from 5,7% last year.
Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor has urged developed nations to invest in rebuilding African universities.
Beleaguered Armscor CEO Sipho Thomo has become the second leader of a state company to be asked to resign in the past two weeks, but he is refusing to go, making it almost certain that steps will be taken to dismiss him.
ESKOM CEO Jacob Maroga is still out in the cold after the utility insisted yesterday that he was not the CEO, for the first time clarifying his status after Maroga returned to work claiming government support on Monday.
ATTEMPTS to weaken the rand may backfire, given the clout of global markets and the potential cost to the economy, analysts say.
WHEN the African National Congress (ANC) and its leftist allies gather tomorrow for three days of talks on how to deliver on jobs, education, health, crime and rural development, the answers they craft will have to go beyond ideology.
Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur species in SA that offers fresh insight into how these ancient creatures evolved from nimble carnivores that walked on two legs to lumbering plant eaters that moved about on all fours.
THE attendance of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader and Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai at yesterday's cabinet meeting ended a three-week boycott of his country's unity government.
President Jacob Zuma has paid tribute to the outgoing Chief Justice Pius Langa in a joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on Wednesday.
OUR country badly needs clear leadership. The silence at the top while cacophony rages in the ranks below is causing confusion and uncertainty. There is a sense of drift in the air.
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