Hundreds of passengers were left stranded at Cape Town International Airport yesterday as low-cost airline Velvet Sky delayed three flights after an apparent contractual dispute.
Updated: 2012-02-23 01:11:04
When Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Deputy Minister Pieter Mulder last week made the claim in parliament that blacks had no legitimate claim to large tracts of land in South Africa because whites got there ahead of them, he pressed all the right buttons of the black elite.
Updated: 2012-02-23 01:10:14
A friend of mine recently posted on Facebook that he had decided not to watch any rugby this year to spend more time with his children.
Updated: 2012-02-23 00:54:36
The Times Editorial: The main thrusts of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's Budget - the shift from consumption expenditure to investment - is exactly what the country needs if we hope to see any substantial growth in the economy, and, in turn, any real possibility of wide-scale job creation.
Updated: 2012-02-23 00:54:35
Defiant Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has reiterated his call for civil disobedience following Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's announcement yesterday that the Gauteng freeway tolling system would start operating in April.
Updated: 2012-02-23 00:54:22
The Cape Town taxi driver convicted for the murder of 10 children who were killed at a level crossing has blamed his lack of remorse on memory loss.
Updated: 2012-02-23 00:54:22
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan recommitted the government to a massive infrastructure programme yesterday in a Robin Hood budget that surprised analysts.
Updated: 2012-02-23 00:54:21
The government will call on its security agencies to verify reports that Durban couple Bruno Pelizzari and Deborah Calitz have been sold by Somali pirates to another group.
Updated: 2012-02-23 00:54:21
An Afghan radio reporter was beheaded in the insurgency-plagued southeastern province of Paktika after being lured to a meeting by unidentified men, an official said.
Updated: 2012-02-22 19:07:01
A commuter train crashed in Buenos Aires on Wednesday and media reported that at least 40 had been killed, while officials said some 550 others had been injured.
Updated: 2012-02-22 17:57:31
There was nothing in Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's budget speech for farmers to get excited about, agricultural union TAU SA said on Wednesday.
Updated: 2012-02-22 17:49:52
The solution to the Gauteng tolls announced in the Budget on Wednesday was not ideal, the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (Naamsa) said.
Updated: 2012-02-22 17:24:07
A passenger in a car crashed by musician Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye told the Protea Magistrate's Court on Wednesday that he "drove carefully" prior to a fatal accident.
Updated: 2012-02-22 17:11:29
The increase in the cost of tobacco products falls within "reasonable levels", British American Tobacco SA said shortly after Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan tabled the 2012/2013 Budget.
Updated: 2012-02-22 16:43:37
The increase in taxes on business announced in the Budget on Wednesday was concerning, SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Neren Rau said.
Updated: 2012-02-22 16:37:46
A Belarussian court has sentenced a man to 10 days in detention for staging a “toy protest” mimicking recent rallies using teddy bears to challenge Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in neighbouring Russia, a local human rights group said on Wednesday.
Updated: 2012-02-22 16:33:23
The announcement of plans aimed at encouraging the public to save were welcomed by Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder on Wednesday.
Updated: 2012-02-22 16:27:06
The money allocated for infrastructure and growth is not good enough, the Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday, after Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan tabled the 2012/13 Budget.
Updated: 2012-02-22 16:21:25
AfriForum said in response to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's budget speech that the government has missed an opportunity by retaining toll fees for Gauteng highways, even though there are more cost-effective methods of recovery to finance these roads.
Updated: 2012-02-22 16:14:51
South Africa will start running out of water 13 years from now without better management, according to Treasury's 2012 Budget Review, tabled on Wednesday.
Updated: 2012-02-22 16:09:25
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's Budget presented on Wednesday was a pleasant surprise, African Christian Democratic Party MP Steve Swart said.
Updated: 2012-02-22 15:59:37
Residents of Centurion have been warned to avoid using water from the Hennops River due to a sewerage leak, the City of Tshwane said on Wednesday.
Updated: 2012-02-22 15:58:09
A boardroom was burnt down during ongoing violent protests at Impala Platinum Mine (Implats) near Rustenburg on Wednesday, North West police said.
Updated: 2012-02-22 14:44:07
Fees for many products in the financial sector remain too high, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday.
Updated: 2012-02-22 14:31:05
A special R5.8 billion appropriation has been included in the 2011/12 budget to ease the toll burden in Gauteng, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announced on Wednesday.
Updated: 2012-02-22 14:27:38
Incompetent officials in key positions in the Gauteng departments of health, roads, transport and public works are to make way for "skilled people who know what they are doing", Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane said yesterday.
Updated: 2012-02-22 00:35:20
The Times Editorial: President Robert Mugabe turned 88 yesterday, and it is clear he is in no hurry to exit the centre stage of Zimbabwean politics.
Updated: 2012-02-22 00:31:59
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