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The proposed Eskom price increases would be "a catastrophe for the country and will be the basis of massive job destruction in the industrial and mining sectors," says the Nelson Mandela Bay Chamber of Business.

You are too white, therefore your children have to starve.That's the message from big business to the Jakaranda Children's Home in Pretoria.

More than half of adult South Africans, including 52% of African National Congress (ANC) supporters say the future of the ANC is uncertain because of the current leadership issues within the party.

The ANC Women's League (ANCWL) will be out in full force on Monday to support the South African Police Service in their quest for justice in the Annie Dewani murder.

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Only in SA! Just two weeks ago we reported on a SA Air Force pilot who crashed a plane after instructors said she should not be flying at all. Now we learn about a South African Air Force pilot who 'borrowed' an aircraft to visit a friend in Botswana!

Public meetings will be held in South Africa next month to engage the public and measure reaction to Eskom's application to hike electricity prices by 16 percent per annum over the next five years.

Cape Town's iconic Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) was officially inaugurated as a New 7 Wonders of Nature.

Breytenbachs Immigration Consultants Limited, based in London (EC), is looking for candidates to fill the positions of Personal Assistant (2 positions) and Telephonist.

There is just no simpler way of putting it... DO NOT use yoru mobile phone while charging.  READ THIS!!!! IMPORTANT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HOSPITAL .....VERY SERIOUS WARNING... We do this all the time but guess we won't be doing it ANY more !

If you are old, you might be safe in South Africa this festive season. That is if you can believe the SA police minister.

Honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani is not only afraid of spending some time in a South African prison, he's even afraid of spending time in a car. We think he is afraid of "PAPA WAG VIR JOU" (see video below)

Reckless use of public funds during lengthy stays at expensive hotels and guesthouses - that is what South Africa's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister, Tina Joemat-Pettersson, is being accused of, but the her boss, Jacob Zuma, says the report of the Public Protector regarding this is still being processed. Nothing...

The Ministry of State Security has welcomed the passing of the Protection of State Information Bill by the National Council of Provinces.

Despite national and international condemnation of South Africa's controversial Secrecy Bill, South African MPs have overwhelmingly approved it.

We should not be put in this position in the first place if they ran their department professionally and securely, but now the Department of Home Affairs in South Africa says it stands ready to help people and insurance companies that fall victim to ID theft and identity fraud.

Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor has noted the decision handed down by the Supreme Court of Appeal stating that government had delayed a decision to grant the Dalai Lama a visa last year.

South Africa's electricity supplier Eskom breaks more environmental laws than any other state corporation.According to the National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) cannot, under current legislation, prosecute Eskom about this.

In a bid to combat duplicate South African identification documents (ID's) and similar ID fraud, the Home Affairs Department has started issuing 100 pilot ID Smart Cards.

The South African Air Force (SAAF) is investigating an incident at the Mthatha airport in the former Transkei after a pilot who had twice failed her flight training "practically wrote off" a Dakota.

The swift arrest of three men on rhino poaching charges in Brits in the North West Province of South Africa was encouraging and was a good sign that with community support, the war against crime and the scourge of rhino poaching could be won, says North West Premier Thandi Modise.

What next? Now our Prez says he did get a home loan. This after the City Press reported he did not. Crazy place this continent they call Africa.

Government will review the minimum wage of farm workers. The announcement came in the wake of a Coalition of Farm Worker Representatives statement that the farm worker action and "struggle" will continue from 4 December onwards "until we win our demands".

Africa will need 900 new airliners in the next 18 years to cope with its extraordinary growth.

SOUTH AFRICA: PROBABLY THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WHERE THE PILOTS DRIVE A PASSENGER PLANE LIKE IT IS A 20-SEATER MINI-BUS TAXI! B737-200 at Hoedspruit, South Africa.  

The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (you might be confused, but this is the municipality for Gauteng, South Africa's former East Rand area) has assured travellers at the OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) - OK, that used to be Jan Smuts and later Johannesburg International - that the temporary closure of the...