Dlamini is back – chairing social housing board
Bathabile Dlamini, head of the ANC Women’s League and former minister, has been appointed to head the Social Housing Regulatory Authority interim board. The Authority
SAA staff goes on strike
Employees at South African Airways, the state-owned airline, embarked on a strike on Friday. All local and regional flights were cancelled yesterday and today, as
We need aid – but we must control it
Africa needed development assistance from the Western world, but this needed to be on the basis of local ownership, and not colonial-style control. So said
Bizarre police chase in Florida ends in man’s unexplained death
A Florida man died from unknown causes after trying to evade arrest, even stealing a police car to attempt a get-away. The Hardee County Sheriff’s
Bad moon rising for the DA?
Three by-elections were held on Wednesday. The Democratic Alliance (DA) was the incumbent in all three wards, and managed to defend two of the wards.
KZN tornado claims two lives
A tornado in KwaZulu-Natal caused some severe damage to property and cost at least two people their lives. The weather phenomenon hit New Hanover in
Strike imminent at SAA
Unions at South African Airways (SAA) have threatened to embark on a strike after the airline announced an intention to embark on retrenchments. SAA said
New leads in the Van Rooyen case?
The notorious case of the abduction and disappearance of a number of girls in 1988 and 1989, at the hands of paedophile Gert Van Rooyen
Polls show Johnson on course for majority
Election polls in the United Kingdom (UK) are indicating that the incumbent, Boris Johnson, is likely to remain on as Prime Minister. Johnson became Prime
BEE ‘a failure’ – top executive
South Africa’s race-based BEE empowerment policy ‘hasn’t worked’, because instead of helping all South Africans, it has benefited only a few, says Capitec chief executive