After a drastic change of diet for the displaced foreigners being accommodated at the Chrysalis Academy in Tokai, tensions remain high, with staff being accused of barring legal representatives from the property and of stealing donated items.
AN INVESTIGATION of alleged financial mismanagement in a state body responsible for taking telecoms services to the poor will land its chief financial officer up in a disciplinary hearing.
DE BEERS unveiled its R630m Finsch mine treatment plant upgrade yesterday. It is designed to find more diamonds and use less water at its operation near Lime Acres, Northern Cape.
ENTRIES for this year's Loerie awards, the country's premier brand communication event, comprise a mixed bag of the very good and the bad, but a recurring theme is the evolution of strong South African themes, say judges.
ANYONE who does not like South African President Thabo Mbeki to remain as mediator in the Zimbabwe crisis "must go hang," a Swapo backbencher said in Parliament last week.
Like millions of people around the world, I was present at the 90th birthday party of Nelson Mandela, courtesy of satellite television. On CNN, it was a delight to see Mandela, a man who is as revered as he is
First, he denounced ANC leader Jacob Zuma, then South African President Thabo Mbeki, and his predecessor, Nelson Mandela, and is now calling for the armed invasion of Zimbabwe to remove President Robert Mugabe. What else will former Anglican Archbishop of
Snowfalls and plummeting temperatures are set to come after the heavy rains experienced in the past few days, the Cape Town weather office warned on Wednesday morning.
SA WAS prepared to make concessions to help push through a multilateral trade deal, but the ability of developing countries to move would be determined by what the US and the European Union were prepared to concede in terms of
SEVERAL prospective investors who tried to buy Sasol's Inzalo shares in the past few days may have missed out due to technical glitches at the Post Office.
SOUTH African listed property - which has now lost 37,1% of its value since November last year due to soaring inflation and interest rates - is starting to look attractive to investors, say analysts.
The possibility of increasing social grants to bring them in line with increases in the inflation rate was one of the options raised in a report on the effect of escalating food prices on the poor, health director-general Thami Mseleku
THE leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) leading industrial nations have tried hard to talk down oil prices during their meeting in Japan, warning of the dangers to the world economy if prices stay too high for too long.
WIDESPREAD criticism of "unworkable" demands made on bidders for new licences to offer high-speed internet access have forced the regulator to reconsider its stance.
SA COULD be heading into a recession before the end of this year, as higher interest rates and inflation curb consumer spending, Moody's Investors Service said yesterday.
AFRICAN National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Gwede Mantashe yesterday defended his criticism of some Constitutional Court judges, and denied that the ANC was on the "warpath" with the judiciary.
THE government criticised Anglo American SA's transformation efforts, accusing the mining giant yesterday of failing to appoint black CEOs and enough senior managers at its business units.
