By Natasha Marrian – WHEN metal and engineering workers down tools next week, it will be no ordinary strike. The National Union of Metalworkers...

By Graham Bell – AMONG several theories, the name “Africa” is said to have originated from the Phoenician word “afer”, meaning dust. Not a...

By Hilary Joffe – IN THE past couple of budgets, the finance minister has made mention of work the Treasury has been doing on...

By SAPA –  Child poverty in South Africa has declined but more still needs to be done, according to a report released by the...

Reuters – Pretoria – The deputy governor of the South African Reserve Bank, Daniel Mminele, says inflation is “uncomfortably high” and could increase further....

By SAPA Cape Town – Opposition parties have reacted with shock after EFF leader Julius Malema was included as a new member of the...

By Bukar Hussain –  Suspected Boko Haram militants have abducted more than 60 women and girls, some as young as three, in the latest...

By Sapa The five-month-long strike in the platinum sector finally ended on Monday with labour union Amcu accepting the employers’ offer. “Platinum will never...

By SAPA Top performing black students from rural and low quintile schools will take up 60 percent of health sciences faculty admissions, the University...

New York – Nearly 500 000 children under the age of five in Mali are at risk of acute malnutrition and 1.5 million people...

AFP Uganda’s government said US sanctions slapped on the country for tough anti-gay laws would have little impact and rejected rights groups’ reports that...

By SAPA – At least 10 Limpopo farmers have been fined, some over R1 million, for underpaying their employees, the labour department in the...