Domestic

The SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry has welcomed the ministerial task team's recommendations on the current matric pass mark, and urged the basic education department to implement them promptly. Sacci said in a statement that the report

  Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says she will take into consideration recommendations made by a task team about the current matric pass mark. Motshekga had tasked a team of experts to examine media reports and research that

Limpopo police say an accident outside Modimolle that involved Carl Pistorius -- the older brother of murder-accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius -- is being investigated. Spokesperson, Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi says they have opened a case of

Employers in the engineering and metals sector who refuse to sign a wage settlement are greedy, Congress of SA Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Saturday. "Look at the behaviour of some engineering employers who are

The SA Democratic Teachers' Union is calling on public servants and teachers not to resign following an un-founded rumour that members may lose some benefits and money. SADTU Deputy General Secretary, Nkosana Dolopi,says the rumour has been

A Cape Town surfer has been airlifted hospital after being bitten by a suspected Great White shark at a Muizenberg Beach. NSRI spokesperson, Craig Lambinon, says they were activated shortly after 14:00 on Friday following a report of the incident

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's office says its assessing a complaint about the appointment of President Jacob Zuma's daughter to a top post in the telecommunications and postal services department. Madonsela's spokeswoman, Kgalalelo Masibi

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says there are no cases of Ebola in South Africa. The Institute's Lucille Blumberg says there is no Ebola in the country and the chance of an outbreak in South Africa is very small. More than

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says its considering laying charges against the driver transporting the giraffe that died in Gauteng on Thursday. Tshwane SPCA managing director Rick Allan says they're investigating