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Action clips wings of former SAA chief
SAA has issued a second summons against former chief executive Khaya Ngqula, this time for more than $3,4-million (R24,8-million). The airline is suing Ngqula for allegedly awarding a sponsorship...


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Suspects can sue for trial delays
Johannesburg - A top lawyer says people whose trials have been delayed because of a nationwide civil service strike could end up suing the government for damages. Paul Hoffman, director of the...
Billions spent on libraries since 2007
Johannesburg – More than a billion rand has been spent on community libraries in South Africa since 2007, the National Library said in a statement on Friday.The money was part of a conditional...
Woman robbed, raped and wounded
Johannesburg – A 42-year-old woman was raped, robbed and wounded in her shoulder by a man who broke into her home in Ga-Mashita Village, near Seshego, on Friday morning, Limpopo police said."The...
Strike causes delays at South African courthouses
JOHANNESBURG — A nationwide civil service strike entering its third week is causing massive backlogs at courthouses, and a top South African lawyer said Friday that defendants whose legal...
Bees Roux: A revealing zeitgeist
Jacobus 'Bees' Roux was the fastest rising search topic in South Africa for the last seven days, according to Google. The Blue Bulls prop was arrested on Friday August 27 in Tshwane after allegedly...
SOUTH AFRICA : Deportation of Zimbabweans to begin again
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Nurse stabbed for breaking South Africa strike
health authorities said.The attack came as unions representing over 1 million public servants, who have been on strike since August 18, defer until Monday their final answer on government's latest...
Robust security measures assured for CLT20
Cricket's most lucrative club competition, the $6.5m Champions League Twenty20, begins in less than ten days with organisers assuring "robust" anti-corruption and security measures. It will be the...
Kumba challenges ICT mining right award
Quote ) has challenged an application lodged by Imperial Crown Trading (ICT) over a disputed mineral prospecting right at Kumba's Sishen mine in South Africa, court documents showed on...
S.Africa's rand hits new 2-1/2 yr high, stocks up
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 3 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand hit a fresh 2 1/2 year high against the dollar on Friday, gaining momentum to challenge the key 7.15 technical level, and local stocks also...
STOCKS NEWS AFRICA-West Africa index up with Sogb, Sitab
West Africa's regional BRVM bourse .BRVMCI finishes higher in the week to Friday as natural rubber producer Sogb SOGC.CI and cigarettes maker Sitab STBC.CI add more...
PREVIEW-S.Africa repo rate seen down 50 bps next wk
Nineteen out of 23 economist polled by Reuters expected the central bank to cut its the repo rate next week, with only four forecasting a no-change...
STOCKS NEWS AFRICA-Financials weigh on Ghana index
If Guinea can pull off free and fair elections this weekend, it will lay the foundations for what could be one of Africa’s most unexpected and significant good news...
STOCKS NEWS AFRICA-Nigeria index inches up on banks and cement
If Guinea can pull off free and fair elections this weekend, it will lay the foundations for what could be one of Africa’s most unexpected and significant good news...
Key Zambia opposition leader seeks low mine taxes
LUSAKA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Zambia's main opposition leader on Friday said the government should restore mining agreements with foreign investors which it cancelled and reinstate tax concessions,...
Taxi driver gets life for murder
Bloemfontein – A Mangaung taxi driver was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Free State High Court on Friday for several murders and robberies in and around Bloemfontein in 2009.Free State Hawks...
Worker rescued after accident
Cape Town – A Western Cape construction worker was seriously injured on Friday when the trench he was working in collapsed, ER24 said.Spokesperson Andre Visser said the accident happened at the...
DA: Public will pay for strike
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More rabies cases in Joburg
Johannesburg – Two more cases of rabies have been found in Johannesburg, the Gauteng agriculture and rural development department said on Friday.The cases were reported in Eldorado Park and Kibler...
Netcare humbled by staff during strike
Johannesburg – Private hospital group Netcare said on Friday it had been humbled by the efforts of its staff who treated over 700 patients who had not been able to access care at government...
Granny, teen wounded over witchcraft
Johannesburg – A 54-year-old Eastern Cape woman and her 13-year-old granddaughter have been wounded by gunmen seeking revenge for a killing they believe was caused by witchcraft, police said on...
SA to wait weekend for unions' decision
Submit your comment South Africa will have to wait the weekend to find out if public servants start their fourth week of strikes on Monday or accept the government's latest wage offer. Union...
De Lille joins Western Cape government
Submit your comment ID leader Patricia de Lille will join the Western Cape government as social development minister, provincial premier Helen Zille said in Cape Town on Friday. De Lille told...
Ordinary citizens not state will pay for strike - DA
Submit your comment Ordinary South Africans, not the government, will ultimately pay for the ongoing public service strike, the Democratic Alliance said on Friday. As the strike continued without...
South Africa: MPs Road Travel Claims to Be Scrutinised
The matter of MPs choosing to drive rather than fly, at a lesser cost, between Parliament and their constituencies will be examined at a meeting of the multi-party Parliamentary Oversight Authority...
South Africa: Worker Injured After Trench Collapses
A Western Cape construction worker was seriously injured on Friday when the trench he was working in collapsed, ER24 said. Spokesman Andre Visser said the accident happened at the Delft Day Hospital...
Beware Niger, warns South Africa star Pienaar
South African midfielder Steven Pienaar at a training session during the World Cup. Pienaar has warned his South Africa team-mates not to underestimate little Niger when they clash on September 3 in...
South African suspects face delays during strike
A top South African lawyer says people whose trials have been delayed because of a nationwide civil service strike could end up suing the government for...
Mobile Phone Banking Comes to South Africa. Will It Work?
Vodacom's M-Pesa mobile phone banking service is all the rage in Kenya, where in 3 years it jumped to 10 million customers in a country of 37 million. But as M-Pesa launches in South Africa, it will...
Video: South Africa workers reject pay deal
South Africa has long been reputed to produce some of the world's best auditors. This was given credence when the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Survey for 2009 to 2010 ranks us second...
[09/03] South African suspects face delays during strike
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A top South African lawyer says people whose trials have been delayed because of a nationwide civil service strike could end up suing the government for damages. Paul Hoffman,...
South African Strike Could Affect Next Presidential Race
del.icio.us In South Africa, the public service workers strike continues following union rejection earlier this week of the latest government wage offer.  However, there’s much going on behind the...
Fuel Industry Strike Threatens to Plunge South Africa into Chaos
del.icio.us Thousands of fuel and motor industry employees in South Africa have joined a national public service strike in the country, but many others continue to resist union calls for them to stay...
De Lille joins Western Cape govt
Independent Democrats (ID) leader Patricia de Lille will join the Western Cape government as social development minister, provincial Premier Helen Zille said in Cape Town on...
SOUTH AFRICA: Strike sends XDR-TB patients home
DURBAN, 3 September 2010 (PlusNews) - Striking public health workers in South Africa have virtually shut down King George V Hospital, a referral facility in the port city of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal...
South Africa seeks value-added China investment
South African President Jacob Zuma has asked for more China investment in infrastructure, which would create new jobs amid 25 percent...
Parly to examine MPs travel claims
Cape Town - The matter of MPs choosing to drive rather than fly between Parliament and their constituencies will be examined at a meeting of the multi-party Parliamentary Oversight Authority (POA)...
Elderly man's killers get life
Pretoria - The three men who "nonchalantly and callously" murdered an elderly Dutch engineer in front of his wife four years ago were on Friday given life sentences in the North Gauteng High...
S.Africa's rand hits new 2-1/2 yr high vs dollar
JOHANNEBURG, Sept 3 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand advanced more than one percent against the dollar on Friday, piercing through key technical levels that saw it hit its strongest levels since...
De Lille new W Cape minister
Helen Zille said in Cape Town on Friday.Zille told journalists at a press conference in the provincial legislature that De Lille would replace Ivan Meyer, who would become cultural affairs and sport...
Selebi hints at 'improper' prosecution
Jackie Selebi has asked his lawyers to tell "authorities" that his corruption prosecution may have been improper, according to a statement attributed to him on Friday."Information has recently been...
Joburg hospitals remain calm
Johannesburg - While there was intimidation at a hospital in Kwazulu-Natal, with a non-striking nurse being stabbed, hospitals in Johannesburg were calm with no reported violence, Gauteng police said...
Dagga farmer's appeal dismissed
Bloemfontein - The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Friday dismissed an appeal by a Kameeldrift dagga farmer who claimed police maliciously arrested him for cultivating dagga without a permit.Police...