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Qualifications fraud poses a danger to the credibility of the country's education system, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said on Wednesday. "Unless employers, institutions and citizens can feel confident that individuals have earned the qualifications that they purport to have, the...

The ANC has defended the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) following claims by DA leader Helen Zille that the institution was in danger of becoming another ruling party "lapdog". "The IEC has since 1994 delivered to South Africans credible, free, fair and transparent elections," secretary...

Pallo Jordan has resigned from Parliament and apologised to the ruling party after reports that his qualifications are false, secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Monday. Jordan had also offered to resign from the national executive committee (NEC) of the ANC and from the ANC. "True to his...

The people of Gauteng need to wage war on crime to better protect their children, premier David Makhura said on Monday. "Crime is a big problem for us, our children are being killed," he told residents of Reiger Park on the East Rand. "They are caught in the crossfire. We must wage war on...

DA leader Helen Zille questioned on Monday the ability of the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) to run free and fair municipal elections in 2016. "[The] Independent Electoral Commission itself -- once one of our most robust independent state institutions -- is under serious threat of becoming...

The OppiKoppi music festival rolled into the south-western Limpopo border town of Northam this past weekend, bringing its usual brand of music, chaos, delight, and colour, with a touch of nostalgia, to its dusty Highveld venue. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the line-up juxtaposed...

If you have land you have everything, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said on Sunday. "The demand for land starts today [Sunday]," Malema told a gathering of the Tyrannus Apostolic Church of Apostle Simon Mokoena at the Botshabelo stadium. He asked them to join the struggle for...

The African National Congress has asked senior civil servants to help fund the party, Sunday Times reported. A letter, seen by the newspaper, asked public servants to agree to have monthly deductions made from their bank accounts. Several government officials reportedly confirmed they had been...

National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete has only been in Parliament three times since taking her seat, City Press reported on Sunday. Mbete, who was redeployed from Luthuli House where she was ANC chairwoman, has not presided over a sitting of the House since the start of Parliament's new term...

A resignation letter by two evidence leaders of the Seriti Commission of Inquiry allegedly points to a cover-up of corruption in the multi-billion rand arms deal, the Mail&Guardian reported on Friday. The joint letter by advocates Barry Skinner and Carol Sibiya, who quit two weeks ago, said...

Support for murder-accused Paralympian Oscar Pistorius continued on the last lap of his trial on Friday. Stuck on the back of a bus stop bench outside the High Court in Pretoria was a bundle of green and yellow balloons. "Oscar Pistorius, you will always be our hero," was written on a poster...

Murder-accused Oscar Pistorius does not take responsibility for his actions and is always the victim, the State argued in the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. "It became clear that the accused is incapable of taking any responsibility," prosecutor Gerrie Nel said in his closing arguments...

The ANC is a donor-driven organisation but levies and contributions are not paid to the party in return for government jobs, treasurer general Zweli Mkhize said on Wednesday. "The African National Congress categorically rejects any attempt to link voluntary and unconditional financial...

Roughly a minute-long earth tremor was felt in various parts of the country including Sapa's offices in Greenside, Johannesburg, after midday on Tuesday. Sapa's building shook and pictures and computers rattled during the extended tremor. Sapa's reporter in Durban said the tremor was felt...

Pamphlets inciting violence against Afrikaans people are being circulated at the North West University (NWU), AfriForum Youth said on Monday. The organisation's national chair Henk Maree said it came across a pamphlet on the university's Potchefstroom campus. The pamphlet read: "Attention...

The government-owned Public Investment Corporation (PIC) which manages assets of over R1.4 trillion on behalf of public servants is not primarily guided by politics, the Business Report said on Monday. "Investment decisions are informed by mandate fit, an assessment of potential returns...

Comment was not immediately available on a Sunday Times report that senior member of the ANC and MP Pallo Jordan did not have the academic qualifications he claimed to have. According to the publication, no evidence could be found that Jordan, who goes by the title 'Dr' has ever had an honorary...

An assault case has been opened following another alleged road rage incident in Pretoria, Gauteng police said on Friday. "There is a case of assault that has been opened that is currently being investigated by the Brooklyn police station," Warrant Officer David Miller said. "At this stage it...

West Africa is grappling with the largest outbreak of Ebola virus in history, and concerns are mounting that the hemorrhagic fever could spill across international borders. Here is some advice from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

Nine percent of municipalities and municipal entities achieved clean audits in the 2012/2013 audit review, Auditor General Kimi Makwetu said on Wednesday. This was compared to five percent for the previous year. Of the 319 audits, 22 municipalities and eight municipal entities had unqualified...