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Unions issue SABC with ultimatum

The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s management body has two days to meet the 12, 2% salary increase demand by unions.

TAKE2: Why the construction strike makes me panic

I drive past the Soccer City construction site twice every weekday, and I am a chief critic of the progress, or the lack thereof, that takes place.

Workers vent frustration at SABC

More than 300 SABC employees sacrificed their lunch hour on Wednesday to demand a 12,2% salary increase.

SABC strike: ‘There will be no broadcast blackouts’

SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said on Tuesday that there will be no broadcast blackouts should a strike by SABC workers go ahead.

Free to walk history’s streets in Soweto

There were five different ways I could walk — five different ways to repeat the routes that the students who marched on June 16 1976 had taken.

Pirates force Seacom to delay cable switch-on — again

Somali pirates have once again delayed Seacom’s cable installation plans, shifting the switch-on date to late July.

Plane collides with car in freak accident

A freeboarding outing among colleagues turned into a freak accident in Kugersdorp on Sunday afternoon after an aeroplane collided with a car.

Concourt hears M&G journo’s case

Journalist Stefaans Brümmer’s arguments this week on the constitutionality of sections of the PAIA may result in a change in the Act.

Govt will be held accountable, says Zuma

South African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday toured Soweto to thank the people for putting the ANC into power.

‘The wounds haven’t healed’

Exactly a year ago Lovemore Sibanda told the M&G about how he lost his house during the xenophobic violence. We caught up with him recently.

Zuma takes the reins

As the chief justice administered the oath to Jacob Zuma, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi extended his hand to Zuma ally Ranjeni Munusamy.

Round the runway

Lynley Donnelly and Thembelihle Tshabalala get the inside track on the business of local fashion following Sanlam SA Fashion Week 2009.

Expats upbeat as voting day winds down

South Africans across the globe showed up on Wednesday to vote, and for most making their mark in a foreign land was a momentous occasion.

Selebi case on hold — again

Judge Meyer Joffe of the Johannesburg High Court on Tuesday ruled that police national commissioner Jackie Selebi’s case be postponed to May 4.

Unions eye job losses

Cosatu: it does not make sense that the gold mines are jumping on the bandwagon of cutting jobs when the price of gold remains stable.

Saving the sickest

The new ART guidelines strictly state that initiation of treatment should not be delayed for more than a week in patients who fit certain criteria.

The long wait for help

Thembelihle Tshabalala goes to Musina and listens to Zimbabwean refugees suffering as they wait for asylum.

Limpopo now a disaster area

Limpopo — most heavily affected by the cholera epidemic carried across the border by Zimbabwean refugees — has been declared a disaster area.

Styled to shine

Survey reveals that the new ‘black diamonds’ are less bling-obsessed and more financially prudent. writes Thembelihle Tshabalala.

South Africans ‘not optimistic about the future’

South Africans are not optimistic about the future, according to this year’s South African Reconciliation barometer.