Domestic

Tensions rose in mines across South Africa on Wednesday with outbreaks of violence and new wildcat strikes being reported. Thousands of striking workers at Gold Fields KDC West Mine, in Carletonville, gathered with sticks, pipes and axes on a

The South African Press Council has announced sweeping changes to its code and adjudication processes. The full statement, announced on Constitutional Hill on Wedsneday, follows below: Much stronger public participation in the Press Council of

 The National Treasury says it has provided South African Airways with a R5b guarantee for a period of two years. Treasury says the national carrier had requested recapitalisation, at an estimated cost of between 4 and six billion rand

Black economic empowerment is still vital in South Africa, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said on Tuesday. "We cannot expect to grow and develop as a country if the leadership of the economy is still in the hands of only a small

The Supreme Court of Appeal has increased the prison sentence of Cheryl Cwele, the former wife State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, and her co-accused, to 20 years. Cwele and Frank Nabolisa were found guilty in May 2011 of drug dealing by the

 Twenty Eastern Cape families of the victims of the Marikana mine shooting were not aware that the judicial commission of inquiry was due to start on Monday. That's according to the lawyer for the families, advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza, who

President Jacob Zuma says the total value of housing contracts being probed by the Special Investigation Unit stands at R4b. In respect of the human settlements department, the president says 59 low cost housing contracts were identified by the

The latest hike in the price of petrol will likely see unions stick more firmly to their demands of higher salary increases. The price of petrol will go up on Wednesday by between 21-and-23 cents a litre - depending on the grade. The diesel

Six people have been killed in a head-on collision on the R503 near Klerksdorp in North west. Netcare 911's Chris Botha says the accident happened about 20km outside of Klerksdorp on Saturday evening, when a VW Polo and an Audi collided. He