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South Africa has a new national marketing slogan, Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane announced on Thursday. "After extensive stakeholder consultation by Brand SA, Cabinet [has] approved "South Africa: Inspiring New Ways" as

The protest action by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Wednesday was beyond the narrow issues of labour brokering and the e-tolling system -- it was more about class struggle, its general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi told

 VERNON PHILANDER put himself in line for yet another five-wicket haul as the Proteas’ Castle Lager squad fought back impressively on the second day of the first Test against the New Zealand Black Caps at Dunedin on Thursday. The Black

Knysna police have opened an inquest docket following the death of a fisherman. The National Sea Rescue Institute says witnesses reported seeing the unidentified man being washed off rocks at Buffalo Bay at the Wild Side yesterday afternoon

A woman is in a serious but stable condition in the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria after she was bitten by an Egyptian Cobra in her home in Jakalsdans, north of the city. Netcare 911 says the woman was bitten when she got up last night

Johannesburg, Mar 8 (I-Net Bridge) - Xstrata Coal says it has agreed to acquire the Sukunka hard coking coal deposit from Talisman Energy Incorporated for US$500 million in cash, in a deal that will be subject to customary conditions. Sukunka is

Johannesburg, Mar 7 (I-Net Bridge) - International long-term savings, protection and investment group Old Mutual plc (OML) has received regulatory approval from the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority for the disposal of its Nordic business to

Eskom will not be cutting power to the Gariep Municipality which owes it millions of rands in arrears. That's the word from Eskom general manager in the Eastern Cape, Thys Moller. "The decision at this point in time is that Eskom has

Our ancestors made the evolutionary split with gorillas around 10-million years ago, but we still share a remarkable number of genes with the great ape, according to a ground-breaking study published on Wednesday. A worldwide consortium of