Cool heads prevail as voters stand for hours under a molten sky

How technology helps to get the catch of the day from the boat to the table

How politicians broke efficient water entities — and how things can get back on track

Most pupils are still struggling to master basic maths, science and reading skills

President Macron faces tough choices over next cabinet

Quarter-point cut still expected

SAA says it aims to avoid any disruptions to services ahead of peak travel season

Network spanned 30 countries, supporting serious and organised crime across the globe, authorities say

Outlook for trade has become clouded since US president-elect Donald Trump stepped up calls for tariff hikes

Roll out of a flagship surveillance system set to coincide with SA’s G20 presidency in the new year

As the first African nation to take up the presidency of the trade bloc, the country has the opportunity to champion economic development on the continent

A second court judgment says the appointment of Johannesburg city manager Floyd Brink was ‘unconstitutional, unlawful and invalid’

Analyst says moving Thembi Simelane sideways makes a mockery of president’s claim that ‘the ANC is on a renewal path’

Analyst says moving Thembi Simelane sideways makes a mockery of president’s claim that ‘the ANC is on a renewal path’

President has been under growing pressure to act after reports of former justice minister’s loan with collapsed VBS Mutual Bank

National working committee will recommend decision to be taken by national executive committee at its December meeting

The country also hosts the B20 private-sector engagement group under auspices of G20 from December 1

Why did the ANC choose to form a government with a Eurocentric party? Three reasons: necessity, principle and pragmatism

Suggested reform may prevent excessive fragmentation of the party system, which can make coalition formation difficult or create unstable coalitions

Ambassador to US begins second tenure at time of deep political flux for both countries

South Africa is experiencing an unusually long heatwave for this time for the year, according to a weather forecaster

The decision to pursue any financial product should be based on thorough research and careful consideration of all available alternatives

KwaZulu-Natal premier Thami Ntuli says Buthelezi already has offices in Durban and Pietermartizburg

A Northern Cape wind project provides a model on how South Africa can implement a sustainable renewable energy programme

In 25 years, new infections have dropped from about 1 463 each day to about 370, but HIV ‘is still an issue’, experts say

The State Information Technology Agency has recommended an investigation into the tender awarded to Blue Network Consortium

MANCOSA, like many other South Africans, discovered that dialogue about the past and planning for the future are equally powerful when it comes to nation-building

Prospective students should be particularly aware of bogus educational institutions

The cost of coffee in South Africa has jumped since the beginning of the year and looks set to continue rising

The Democratic Alliance’s spokesperson on justice and constitutional development has called for Simelane to be removed from the cabinet

Sipho M'Clean Mavuso, an alleged cash-heist kingpin arrested last week moments before an attack in Gauteng had walked the streets a free man, despite 22 brushes with the law spanning more than two decades.

Cornered by Parliament in September this year for an explanation about the Silvanas Coffee Shop "loan" she took from a criminally charged VBS fixer, then-justice minister Thembi Simelane claimed her business, T5 Investment Group, repaid R849 000 to the lender four years later.

A Western Cape High Court judge has found that attorney Zuko Nonxuba – under whose watch R188 million in medical negligence payouts to severely disabled children disappeared – had engaged in "widespread theft" and was unfit to practise as a lawyer.

SA Rugby, grilled on ousted CEO Jurie Roux's continued involvement with the organisation, told Parliament on Wednesday it would accept the outcome of Friday's vote to either allow or deny a groundbreaking private equity deal that has been pitched as the saving grace of the sport.

Ten years of Temba Bavuma as a Test cricketer will come full circle from Thursday onwards when South Africa plays Sri Lanka in the second Test at St George's Park in Gqeberha.

From money to morality to slavery, these history books offer new and exciting perspectives on humanity's past – and present.

On Wednesday, the SCA threw out Steinhoff's appeal against a high court decision ordering the company to release the full report of a forensic investigation into the massive fraud that pitched Steinhoff into free-fall and eventual liquidation, costing investors more than R200 billion.

Smash Afrika is set to bring his dynamic energy to the stage as the new host of Big Brother, promising a fresh and vibrant take on one of Africa's most beloved reality shows.

The failure of municipalities to pay Eskom will derail the company's path to financial health, says its CEO.

Julius Malema is going to preside over the further decline and even disintegration of the EFF, writes Ebrahim Harvey.

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of Namibia's ruling Swapo party has been elected president and will be the country's first female leader, results released by the country's electoral commission showed on Tuesday.

Veronica Manase, 62, a grocery supermarket owner in Soweto, believes President Cyril Ramaphosa should have given spaza and informal traders three months to register their businesses.

A former KwaZulu-Natal social worker who killed six of his family members after accusing them of bewitching his uncle will be sentenced in the Pietermaritzburg high court on Tuesday.

The Western Cape education department's decision to continue with a R1.2bn tender after a forensic report and the auditor-general flagged irregularities with the contract has resulted in MPs wanting the department investigated by the SIU.

Two bodies were pulled out from underground in Stilfontein on Wednesday, bringing the total number of bodies retrieved to five.

Three illegal miners have reportedly died and 150 are trapped inside an abandoned mine in Sabie, Mpumalanga.

Three illegal miners have reportedly died and 150 are trapped inside an abandoned mine in Sabie, Mpumalanga.

Gauteng MEC for education Matome Chiloane said they as the department were shocked by a "brazen act of violence and lawlessness" in which a Johannesburg acting principal was shot six times as he sat in his office.

The father of Ditebogo Phalane Junior, who was shot and killed  in May this year by thugs hijacking his dad outside their home in Soshanguve, says the family went to his grave in September to celebrate his birthday.

Kieno Kammies sits down with Sandra de Abreu to explore how the Sí Institute is innovating education — a compelling model for the continent to seize the future by the scruff of the neck.

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The Democratic Alliance’s spokesperson on justice and constitutional development has called for Simelane to be removed from the cabinet

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The comment came in the context of South Africa’s presidency of the G20, where Ramaphosa dismissed suggestions the new US administration would undo its pro-developing world agenda

The 11th binational commission also saw a call for South Africa to shore up peace efforts on Sudan

In response to Donald Trump’s tariff threat to Brics nations, he reiterated that South Africa primarily viewed the bloc as a developmental platform

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The secretary general said the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal cannot keep up with the uMkhonto weSizwe party

The board has lost control over Ingonyama Holdings, run by its former chairperson, Jerome Ngwenya

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