Domestic

Labour Minister, Mildred Oliphant, has announced a R105 a day minimum wage for farm workers, up from the R69 a day that the workers currently receive. Making the announcement in Pretoria today, Minister Oliphant said the new rate will come into

A suspected murderer has been mistakenly released by a Durban Magistrate's Court clerk after he was denied bail. According to a report on Monday, 29-year-old, Lebo Sibisi, was denied bail but the official court document known as J-7, stated he

New vehicle sales in January continued the positive momentum of 2012. The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa says aggregate new car sales improved by 14.1 percent year on year. Naamsa says all major segments

Strike hit Anglo American Platinum has reported an operating loss of R6.3 billion. CEO, Chris Griffith, said today that the results represent a 180% reduction, from a profit of R7.9b in 2011, for the year ended December 31st 2012. Headline

Seven learners have been suspended from a high school hostel on the Garden Route, after an initiation which landed a schoolboy in hospital. The York High School pupils in George will face a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday. Fourteen-year-old

A car accident in which a well-known South African singer ran over an elderly pedestrian in Soweto, is currently under investigation. Gauteng police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela says a case of culpable homicide is being

An investigation shows that top construction companies fixed state and other contracts worth billions of rands. City Press reports that affidavits detail a decades-long, formal kickback and price-fixing racket that allegedly involved prominent

The Democratic Alliance has condemned the Freedom Front Plus over its criticism regarding the name change of Dr Verwoerd Primary School in Meyerton. The DA's Gauteng leader John Moodey says the attitude of the Freedom Front flies in the face of

The Food and Allied Workers Union says it expects the new minimum wage for farm workers to be no less than R100 a day. Fawu secretary-general, Katishi Masemola says the new minimum wage will in all likelihood be R105 a day - far below the union's