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KAIZER Chiefs coach Vladimir Vermezovic warned yesterday that holders SuperSport United could edge closer to yet another domestic premiership title if Amakhosi did not stop the leaders in their tracks at Loftus tonight.
Minister in the Presidency for Evaluation and Monitoring Collins Chabane was stranded without money or his belongings when he asked permission to use a state credit card for personal expenses, the Presidency said yesterday.
Pressure is mounting for former correctional services minister Ngconde Balfour -- now SA's high commissioner to Botswana -- to be called to account for the "deep rot" in the department.
THE recession has ended, with the economy turning mildly positive after three negative quarters as the manufacturing sector bounced back in response to a pickup in global demand, and spending by the government helped to cushion the economy from the downturn.
The Treasury has extended a helping hand to the struggling SABC , approving its application for a government bank guarantee of R1,47bn.
BIG business will express its view on issues such as energy and healthcare more openly than it has done in the past in a bid to influence policy debate .
THE relevance of Julius Malema's intention when he made comments about President Jacob Zuma 's rape accuser was debated at the Equality Court in Johannesburg yesterday.
BASIC Education Minister Angie Motshekga was likely to receive a first report this week from her department's investigators on why cheating kept on cropping up in matric examinations in Mpumalanga, the department's chief director of examinations and assessment, Nkosi Sishi, said yesterday.
A Table View woman has lodged a complaint with the provincial Health Department against Somerset Hospital, in which she accuses staff of telling her to mop up her blood after she suffered a miscarriage.
A blind man accused of beating to death his life partner and leaving her body to decompose for three days before reporting her death told the Cape Town Magistrate's Court that he did not intend to kill her.
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A number of community television stations around South Africa are set to lose their frequency and may have to close.
Pedestrian traffic came to a halt when hundreds of passers-by stopped and stared at about 250 protesters as they carried a coffin through the city centre.
FORMER world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield is set to challenge South African Francois "White Buffalo" Botha for the World Boxing Federation heavyweight belt at Mandela National Stadium in Kampala on January 16.
Home Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has begun consultations over the drafting of a new migration policy for the country.
A number of health facilities throughout the country have been identified for improvement.
President Jacob Zuma has urged the Norwegian and the South African governments to continue implementing the agreements they have already signed.
Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has stressed the need to strengthen cooperation and coordination to fight piracy on the Indian Ocean.
Gauteng MEC for Local Government and Housing Kgaogelo Lekgoro has reiterated that ward councillors do not have the authority to register people for houses or allocate houses to any single member of the community.
The FIFA World Cup Trophy, the most coveted prize in sport, will arrive in South Africa on 1 December, at the end of the African leg of its global tour.
The Ministry for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation in the Presidency says Minister Collins Chabane used a state credit card for personal use with a clear understanding that he would repay the expenses.
SOUTH African investors are keen to establish businesses in Zimbabwe and are anxious to see Zimbabwe's economy stabilising, a Rustenburg municipal officer has said.
AFRICAN states are not devising a clear developmental strategy for regional economic communities, leading to international partners thinking the continent does not have a common approach and a vision for growth, says Egyptian ambassador to SA Mohamed Zayed.
GROSS domestic product (GDP) figures out today may show that SA is out of recession.
PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma -- whose prerogative it is to appoint a new head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) -- is likely to proceed carefully when replacing Vusi Pikoli.
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