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Non-racialism in the country remains an elusive dream despite progress made in the past 20 years, Gauteng premier David Makhura said on Friday. "We all agree that the challenges that still face our country are immense," he told a provincial social cohesion summit in Boksburg, east of...

Press statement from ANC: ANC has noted with seriousness the conduct of EFF MP's yesterday in Parliament. This is an act of rebels mask as parliamentarians who are committed to hijack our democracy, parliament and legislatures. EFF is not in parliament to resolve or to engage robustly to...

The number of schools in South Africa declined by 2534 between 2000 and 2012, according to a SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) report released on Thursday. The report, a review of school infrastructure spending and delivery, found that of the 26,789 public ordinary schools in 2000, only 24,255...

A labour law consultant accused of shooting dead a motorcyclist during a road rage confrontation is expected to appear in the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court on Thursday. The matter was postponed during previous proceedings for further investigation. Labour law consultant Meekahefele Mosooa, 43...

A suggested tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) may reduce obesity in 220,000 adults in South Africa, research by the University of Witwatersrand has found. "By instituting a 20 percent tax... it is predicted to reduce energy intake by about 36 kilojoules per day, resulting in a 3.8 percent...

Two men have been arrested after they allegedly assaulted a farmworker with oranges until he died on a farm outside Tzaneen, Limpopo police said on Wednesday. The men, aged 27 and 30, were taken into custody on Tuesday, said Lt-Col Moatshe Ngoepe. "Babanto Chauke, 38, and two men had a...

An 83-year-old woman who was being treated for a respiratory infection in the Mediclinic Kimberley underwent heart surgery when she was mistaken for another patient, Beeld reported on Wednesday. Mediclinic spokeswoman Denise Coetzee told the newspaper a misunderstanding between two specialists...

The National Assembly on Tuesday resolved to set up an ad hoc committee to consider President Jacob Zuma's response to the Nkandla controversy amid protest from the DA that its mandate is too narrow. Democratic Alliance Chief Whip John Steenhuisen argued that the committee's brief, as proposed...

South Africans' daily sodium intake is higher than the recommended amount, a study revealed on Monday. The current sodium intake by South Africans was seven grams per day, while the World Health Organisation guidelines recommended an intake of four to six grams per day, according to the...

South Africa is one of the most unequal societies in the world, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela said. In a speech delivered at the University of Stellenbosch on Saturday, Madonsela said the country was one of the most unequal society despite the constitutional promises which include the...

Architect Minenhle Makhanya will serve notice in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg on Monday to oppose a R155 million civil claim lodged by the Special Investigating Unit, City Press reported on Sunday. "We confirm that we act on behalf of Mr Minenhle Makhanya. We have instructions to defend...

The CEO of Satinsky, the company taken to court over the R699 car sales scheme, is suing a customer for R1 million in defamation, the Business Times reported. Albert Venter has served summons on Cornelia Maria Nel, an administrator of a Facebook page called "I have been done in by Drive a New...

Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa preferred to live in his own house in Hyde Park, Johannesburg than move into a state house, City Press reported on Sunday. Ramaphosa preferred to use his private home because his family, including his wife Tshepo Motsepe and some of their four children, still...

South Africa is a broken nation due to the violent history that preceded democracy, Father Michael Lapsley said on Friday. "Everyday we see incidents of our moral and spiritual injustices," he told hundreds of people gathered at Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Soweto, Johannesburg. "Can you...

US universities dominated the top 20 in an annual ranking of global educational institutions released by a Chinese organisation Friday, with Harvard remaining in first place ahead of Stanford. The top 20 in the 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities included only four non-American...

Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti on Thursday received a land claim from a group representing communities in the Eastern Cape. "The land claim was received from the Vulamasango Singene group during an event to mark the launch of the re-opening of land claims process in...

President Jacob Zuma presented his response to the security upgrades at his private Nkandla homestead to Parliament on Thursday, the Presidency said. "The report has been prepared with due consideration of the following reports -- the report of the joint standing committee on intelligence...

Levels of xenophobia and intolerance of foreigners is increasing in Gauteng, a survey released on Thursday found. "Thirty-five percent of all respondents said [we should] send all foreigners home now," Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO) executive director Professor David Everatt [SUBS...

An application by the Justice Alliance of SA to overrule the decision by Icasa to allow the broadcasting of three pornographic channels on TV after 8pm will resume in the Western Cape High Court on Thursday. On Wednesday, Steven Budlender, for On Digital Media, said it was up to Parliament to...

An Australian hospital apologised "unreservedly" Thursday after sending out notices to the doctors of more than 200 patients telling them they had died instead of being discharged. The error by Austin Hospital in Melbourne was spotted within hours and the doctors were contacted, but not before...