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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.

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.

ANC, DA drag heels in removing election posters

Johannesburg Metro police will fine political parties if they don’t remove their election posters by Monday, spokesperson Wayne Minnaar said.

Pamodzi Gold tarnishes

Eskom gives cash-strapped Pamodzi Gold less than a week to settle its electricity bills amounting millions of rands to avoid power cuts at operations.

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.

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.

Large and green

David Tlale’s new range aims to make fuller-figured women feel light and feminine, writes Thembelihle Tshabalala.

‘I’ve lost faith in the ANC’

Nosimilo Ndlovu and Thembelihle Tshabalala asked ordinary South Africans to share their views on the possibility of a new political party.

Newly developed tiger wire changes when melted down

The increasing rate of the amount of copper cables being stolen has put pressure on affected companies to implement interventions.

Xenophobia refugees risk deportation over ID cards

Residents of a Gauteng camp for refugees from xenophobic violence risk being thrown out of the country if they don’t register for temporary ID cards.

In the camps

A woman sitting on a basket quietly stirs a pan of spinach on a paraffin stove. Children run around noisily between plastic bags, suitcases, blankets and mattresses.

Finally, the SA govt moves into action

It took them a while to wake up and stop arguing about whose fault it was, but almost three weeks after xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals began, authorities in the…

Caught in the hostel trap

The appalling condition of most hostels for migrant workers around Johannesburg havenՉ۪t changed since the days of apartheid.

Making inroads in a man’s world

It’s 6am and it’s already busy at the Bree Street taxi rank. Taxis are honking their horns, pavement entrepreneurs are hawking their goods and commuters are forming lines,…