The Eastern Cape department of health on Thursday launched a massive campaign to educate and employ more than 1 000 health professionals to ease the severe shortage of nurses and doctors in the province. The department is seeking students to

The drunken-driving charge against Tony Yengeni, former chief whip of the African National Congress, is linked to the criminal case involving the former commander of the Goodwood police station, Siphiwo Hewana, the Goodwood Magistrate's Court heard on Thursday when Yengeni

A whopping 81% of South African children between the ages of 13 and 17 have seen pornographic images on their friends' cellphones and 67% have been exposed to pornography through movies, media reports said on Thursday. These statistics were revealed

Civil society bodies on Thursday urged the Southern African Development Community governments to impose a moratorium on the supply of arms to Zimbabwe. Aziz Pahad, Minister in the Presidency, is expected to receive the petition from the civil society organisations

The Free State provincial government has taken control of the struggling Xhariep and Mohokare municipalities in the southern parts of the province, spokesperson Teboho Sikisi said on Thursday. "We are taking pro-active steps here. We cannot wait until the whole

A man who doused a young woman with petrol and another who set her alight in 2006 were convicted of murder in the Cape High Court on Thursday. Myron Gordon Daniels (28) and Ashley Lategan (24) are to be sentenced

Reintegration of displaced xenophobia victims into the communities where they come from is the government's priority, Cabinet ministers and provincial politicians said on Wednesday. They were speaking in Cape Town at a media briefing on the recent wave of violence

Ecologists at the Kruger National Park are puzzled over the recent spate of crocodile deaths, the park's management said on Wednesday. Surgeons, scientists, researchers and rangers met in Skukuza in the Kruger National Park on Tuesday to discuss the discovery

The Judicial Services Commission (JSC) will meet on Friday to discuss the latest allegations against Cape Judge President John Hlophe, JSC spokesperson Marumo Moerane said on Wednesday. Last week, Constitutional Court judges accused Hlophe of attempting to influence the court's

Recent media reports that President Thabo Mbeki had received a scathing letter from Zimbabwe opposition Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai could be part of a disinformation campaign by sinister forces, the Presidency said on Wednesday.

South Africa's highest court on Wednesday recognised the right of a 66-year-old woman to become chief of her tribe, a position held only by men in the past. The Constitutional Court decision said the woman, Tinyiko Lwandlamuni Phillia Nwamitwa-Shilubana, had

The South African Broadcasting Corporation's (SABC) suspended group executive of news and current affairs, Snuki Zikalala, has lodged a case with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), the CCMA confirmed on Wednesday.