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If it will only make the queues shorter next time we need a new ID card, we give the Department of Home Affairs’s upgrade of Live Capture System all the thumbs up we can muster.

There is only four days left to cast your vote in AfriForum’s referendum on the proposed changes to the language policy of the University of the Free State (UFS).

Girlfriend killer Oscar Pistorius is going to jail and the gender police are happy.

Racism does not belong in South Africa and it is the responsibility of all South Africans to root out this “demon”.

Despite a staggering 9,4% percent increase in electricity prices the minister is not happy. She wanted more and now she will “study” the decision. Does that mean we might even see a higher increase?

South African postal, wireline and wireless telecommunications parastatal Telkom plans to get rid of at least 6,000 of its workforce by the end of 2016. The shocking news for Telkom employees and families was confirmed that Telkom in a letter to labour union Solidarity.

As parliament debated a vote of no confidence in their blundering President, more bad news hit any hopes of South Africa's economy recovering.  Vehicle sales are down - again!

South Africa’s controversial Expropriation Bill, which will enable the state to make compulsory purchases of land to redress racial disparities in land ownership, can soon be put into action.

The man who thought he could prevent AIDS by having a warm shower will co-chair a High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth with French President François Hollande.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) are laying criminal charges against the EFF for inciting violence on campuses - and sharing info on how to make a Molotov cocktail.

The Scarlet Pimpernel of Nelson Mandela Bay - Danny Jordaan - has done another of his famous disappearing acts.

The current spate of violence on South African campuses has the potential to end in mass deaths, warns labour movement Solidarity in a statement.

The fact that the still birth rate in South Africa has been falling sharply is evidence of improved mother and child health care in South Africa.

Steps announced by South African finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, in his budget speech did not go nearly far enough to halt and reverse South Africa’s economic decline because the collapse of global investor confidence in the country’s political leadership has translated into plunging domestic and business confidence.

Kak news for South African “manne” drinking “polisiekoffie” is that the Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan is not on your side. 750 ml of Klippies to go with your coke will cost you almost R4 more - and that’s not including the coke.

There has been a large decrease in children dying in South Africa. This is indicative of improved child health in the country, the Institute for Race Relations (IRR) reports in its latest South Africa Survey. 

This is definitely a SHOCKING video to watch.... he seriously needs some more training or well, A LOT!

South Africa's national government is getting affirmative action all wrong and can't even make its own targets.

Somebody has gone bonkers by trying to prove that South Africa is the cheapest country in the world to live and retire. Not so - says South Africans who live there.

If you have a legal gun, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has news for you. If you have an illegal one, no news seems to be good news. 

Evidence that humans were using stone tools as far back as 2,18 million years ago in Gauteng has emerged at the Sterkfontein Caves - commonly known as the Cradle of Humankind.

South African Airways (SAA) will cease its operations between Johannesburg and Abu Dhabi from March.

You get stupid. Then you get extremely stupid, and THEN you get KAK stupid. We are of course referring to the poor old University of Cape Town’s (UTC) rampaging and protesting students who incinerated the work of black artist Richard Baholo to get rid of the university’s “whiteness”.

It does not seem as if South African Airways’ (SAA) misery ever stops. Despite being bailed out by tax payers’ money every year for financial mismanagement, the Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has now written to the Speaker of Parliament requesting a further extension for the tabling of the SAA annual...

This is what Julius Malema said before he walked out of the SONA debate.

A business deal between the powerful Indian business family - the Guptas - and South Africa weapons manufacturer Denel is most likely in contravention of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and should be declared null and void.

As reported earlier this year on SA Promo, the UK Government will introduce a minimum pay threshold for Tier 2 (General) and Tier 2 (Sportsperson) migrants who are applying for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) in the UK from April this year (2016).

A major national research project with its focus on farm attacks and farm murders is currently being conducted by minority rights group AfriForum to investigated in depth and address the expansive nature and consequences of farm attacks in South Africa.

Anything for party - especially if its abroad. Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Mzwandile Masina will move his party to New York to attend the 19th annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit.

A controversial “partnership” between South African weapons manufacturer Denel and the Indian Gupta family business empire should be probed by the Public Protector, says trade union Solidarity.

Despite evidence of imminent job losses in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma said nothing in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to demonstrated that he is concerned about this of that he wants to create job.