A 61-year old woman died from a gunshot wound after an intruder fired a shot at her husband that hit his chin, went through his right shoulder and hit her in the head.
EDUCATION Minister Naledi Pandor has announced that the University of Limpopo's (UL's) healthcare faculty, which produces almost half of SA's African medical graduates, will not be moved from Ga-Rankuwa, outside Pretoria, but will be revamped.
NATIONAL Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) general secretary Silumko Nondwangu has warned anyone attempting to manipulate the outcome of the union's congress later this year to back off.
Shoppers at Mitchells Plain's Promenade Mall are being subjected to routine vehicle checks, set up by local police within the mall precinct as authorities clamp down on spiralling vehicle theft.
South Africans are ditching their possessions and "down-shopping" in a desperate effort to relieve the pinch on their purses, business and industry said.
Nelson Mandela's trail-blazing days began in pastoral Transkei of the thin dusty trails of sheep herding and ploughing punctuated by the tribal court of which his cousin, Paramount Chief, sat in judgement.
Members of the ANC Women's League have gathered in Mangaung, in the Free State for their 11th elective conference from 2 July 2008. The conference ends on Sunday 6 July 2008. This year the ANC Women's League will focus on
The number of attempted murders in the Western Cape has shot up by more than 50 percent in the past seven years, despite claims from senior police officials that all contact crime is on the decline.
MUTUAL & Federal Insurance Company (M&F), one of the largest short-term insurers, is embarking on restructuring which will result in its staff complement falling by 600 jobs to about 2300, MD Keith Kennedy said yesterday.
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki yesterday apologised, on behalf of South Africans, to the families of the victims of xenophobic violence who were killed or displaced during attacks in May at various places around the country.
THE good news for the Private Investor portfolio is the upgrade on Grindrod's previous trading update (April 21). In that update Grindrod's earnings and headline earnings per share for the half-year to June were expected to be 55%-75% higher than
THE mandate of domestic intelligence services may need to be scaled down if they are to operate more effectively, says Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils.
DIVERSIFIED minerals company Metorex could quadruple copper production in the next three years as its Ruashi II mine comes into full production and new projects at Kinsenda and Musonoi are developed, CEO Charles Needham says.
THE government's counsel at the Ginwala inquiry yesterday attempted to pierce through Vusi Pikoli's argument that he was suspended to stop the prosecution of police commissioner Jackie Selebi, by arguing that Selebi's prosecution was, in fact, going ahead.
ANALYSTS are convinced MTN and Reliance Communications are close to announcing a merger that is deliberately structured to sidestep an attempt to scupper the deal by the estranged brother of Reliance chairman Anil Ambani.
UP TO 30% of a R200m investment in capital assets could be given back to entrepreneurs in the manufacturing and tourism sectors, Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa said yesterday in Pretoria.
PAMODZI Gold has been given a reprieve by the JSE, which had threatened this week to suspend trading in its shares unless the company released its annual financial statement.
THE South African Music Rights Organisation (Samro) says it has no choice but to take the National Credit Regulator (NCR) to court, because advance payments in royalty fees outlawed under the National Credit Act are the only regular income for
