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Troubled low-cost airline, Velvet Sky, has reportedly started to put staff on unpaid leave as it battles with cash flow problems. However, the company's chief executive officer, Gary Webb, refused to comment on the matter today, saying it was

Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula says he will closely follow developments at the Cricket SA board, as it puts recommendations from a ministerial inquiry report into effect. CSA's board of directors meets on Saturday to discuss the Nicholson report

The ANC Youth League has accused President Jacob Zuma of bringing the integrity of the ruling party's disciplinary process into question. The league was responding to Zuma's remark that the ANC Youth League will have to elect a new president

Michael Schumacher rolled back the years today as he ended a day's practice on top of the time sheets for the first time since returning from retirement in 2010. The 43 year-old seven time world champion clocked a best lap of one minute 29.18

President Jacob Zuma says the ANC Youth League must accept that it needs to appoint a new president and move on. Zuma was speaking at a business breakfast in Port Elizabeth on Friday ahead of the official launch of the Port of Ngqura. He said

Feuding between the ANC Youth League and Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini intensified this week as the league accused him of having broken ranks with "progressive working-class struggles to appease the interest of the ruling class" after he

The Law Society of South Africa says this week's parading of three re-arrested escapees at a news conference by the authorities was shocking and concerning. It says bringing the prisoners to a media conference had violated the men's basic human

Three time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova rallied to defeat fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 to reach the Indian Wells semi-finals in California. Sharapova will face another former Indian Wells winner, Ana Ivanovic, in the semis

 Irishman Padraig Harrington fired a 10-under par 61, the lowest score of his career, to seize a three-shot lead in the first round of the US PGA Transitions Championship in Florida. Will Claxton was next best on 7-under 64. Sunday's