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Groundbreaking gender protocol hailed

Gender activists breathed a sigh of relief when a long-delayed gender protocol was signed at the SADC summit in Johannesburg this weekend.

Scrapping prices

Steel prices are set to rise this month, bringing the total increases in some product lines to 72% — even though scrap metal prices have fallen.

Thousands march in Jo’burg price protest

About 25 000 Cosatu members started marching to Eskom’s offices in Johannesburg on Wednesday to protest against rising electricity and food prices.

Cosatu flexes its muscles over rising prices

Tens of thousands of workers downed tools in four provinces on Wednesday to voice their "disgust" with rising living costs.

R1,5bn to keep suspects behind bars

South Africa is spending R1,5billion a year to keep more than 50 000 awaiting-trial detainees behind bars.

New study probes Chinese community in SA

A paradox exists between the growing presence and the continued invisibility of Chinese migrants in South Africa, a study revealed on Tuesday.

Vuvuzelas to boost World Cup spirit

Soccer fans may not only need a ticket to see their favourite teams play in the 2010 World Cup — earplugs should also come in handy.

Free ride comes to an end

Passengers travelling from areas outside the CBD will now pay two fares, one into the CBD and another for the journey onwards to suburbs such as Bryan

‘No context’

The politician’s solution to all public blunders is to claim that his or her words were misinterpreted

Neotel comes to the party

South Africa’s second network operator is taking on Telkom in the broadband space

Get going with Rea Vaya

Mugged at a friendly petrol bowser recently? Wasting the precious stuff while keeping your car idling in gridlock? Well, Rea Vaya (we are going), Jo’burg’s new bus expressway, is…

Bertrams waits for nip and tuck

Bertrams, a run-down suburb adjacent to Ellis Park, has been set for a facelift from the day that South Africa was awarded the football World Cup.

Where to from here?

Government hopes to re-integrate the victims of the xenophobic attacks into South African communities over the next few months, but it has no immediate strategy to deal with the…

Where Absa’s wall is just a foot away

When you think Facebook you think friends, poking, messaging, writing on walls, uploading pictures and joining groups of people who share a common interest. You do not think…

Tsvangirai visits xenophobia hot spot

"There’s no reason why a brother should hate a brother," Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday told Zimbabweans living in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg —…

Gunshots in Kempton Park court as suspects escape

Bedlam erupted in the Kempton Park Regional Court on Thursday when three men accused of possession of illegal firearms staged a dramatic escape. The escape took place when the…

No need to wait for the Gautrain

”To be quite honest, trains at one stage were unreliable,” says Leon Vender, settling back into the plush seats of the new Business Express, a spanking new train service launched…

IFP slams ‘abominable propaganda’ of history book

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is arranging a series of protests to stop the use of a grade 12 history book it describes as ”biased propaganda … poisoning the minds of…

Johannesburg cops target Zim refugees

As Zimbabwe’s opposition mulls its options over whether to contest a run-off election against President Robert Mugabe, refugees in South Africa continue to suffer at the hands of…

Park opening highlights need to protect environment

Laughing excitedly, dozens of children on Tuesday filled a new park in Bramfischerville, Soweto, which was opened by Johannesburg City Parks and the district municipality to mark…