THE City of Johannesburg has not yet decided when a consortium of taxi operators that is to take over the Rea Vaya bus system will start running it.
THE Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union (Ceppwawu) has won the first round in its court battle with businessman Isaac Shongwe over a conflict of interest, after the high court in Johannesburg ordered a freeze on the bank account of the union's investment company.
THE National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) hopes a one-day work stoppage yesterday by more than 13000 mineworkers at Gold Fields ' Driefontein mine - to mourn the death of two miners in an accident last week -- will force management "to consider safety as a priority".
THE Department of Basic Education has begun reviewing its school funding system after criticism that it does not work effectively, department spokesman Granville Whittle said yesterday.
THE Congress of the People (COPE) has released a draft document of criteria for candidates seeking leadership positions in the party.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is to insist that the rental of luxury accommodation by the wife of former correctional services minister Ngconde Balfour be scrutinised and that she does not receive special treatment.
THE controversial practice of killing a bull barehanded at the ukweshwama first fruits ceremony in KwaZulu-Natal has been taken up by the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural Religious and Linguistic Communities for mediation.
ESKOM's top echelons might not have impressed SA much this year, but its employees were voted "best employees of the year" yesterday by the trade union Solidarity.
A visiting team from the South African Province of Limpopo has applauded Rwanda Information Technology Authority (RITA) for its successful implementation of policies and projects aimed at achieving vision 2020.
A group of boys came to the rescue of a little mongrel dog which they found dangling by the neck from an abandoned supermarket trolley in Woodstock on Monday.
Fit and a great lover of the outdoors - that was the picture painted today of missing UCT student Duncan MacWilliam, who disappeared in the wilds of KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday.
"I am still suffering, dying, daily ... Life will never be the same."
Hospitality establishments and local tourism authorities have been left shocked by the launch of a new booking portal for the World Cup.
The IFP-aligned South African Democratic Students Movement (Sadesmo) has threatened to make the Mangosuthu University of Technology "ungovernable" if management at the institution continues to "gang up" against it.
The theft of key aluminium fittings at the Cape Town Stadium resulted in the structure being damaged by the strong winds that battered Cape Town at the weekend.
A taxi driver arrested for culpable homicide after two of his passengers died in an accident may have lied about his age to avoid being jailed and tried as an adult, police say. He had told police that he was 15, but his ID document showed that he is 21.
The National Press Club has congratulated the newly elected SABC Group Chief Executive Officer Solly Mokoetle.
Condolences continue pouring in for former Minister in the Presidency and Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who died on Wednesday after a long battle with a liver ailment.
The three Principals in the power sharing government have given their negotiators until Monday to complete discussions around the outstanding issues plaguing the fragile coalition. One of the negotiators, Elton Mangoma from the MDC-T, confirmed to SW Radio Africa on Wednesday that they had been given a timeline to make sure all outstanding matters that need to be discussed are done by Monday next ...
INTERNATIONAL talks on climate change could fail, with just two days left and a controversial proposal from Ethiopia, on behalf of the Africa Group, threatening the bloc's cohesion.
MANTO Tshabalala- Msimang, the controversial former health minister, died yesterday of complications related to her previous liver transplant, her private physician, Prof Jeff Wing, said.
There is intense jockeying by individuals and groups in Zimbabwe waiting to apply for radio and television licenses, once/if the inclusive government finally frees the airwaves.
PRESIDENT Mugabe has castigated Western nations' double standards over climate change saying the developed world was not approaching the peril of global warming with the same zeal it devotes to issues of human rights in the developing world.
It is that time of the year again. To some this is the silly season. It is the festive season. Many of us will be travelling to all sorts of destinations either to cool off or just to be with friends, relatives and those that we love.
Relative silence has replaced the bustle that Francistown, on the border between Botswana and Zimbabwe, used to experience during the peak shopping period at Christmas.
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