South Africa

R5000 fine for not registering domestics
JOHANNESBURG -- The Department of Labour won't extend tomorrow's (April 1) deadline for Unemployment Fund Registration for domestics and gardeners. Labour Department spokesperson Snuki Zikalala warned that employers would face a R5000 fine or an ...

Mandela, chiefs, churches thank ancestors
By Madoda Dyonana and Ncedo Kumbaca UMTATA -- Bishop Mvume Dandala of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa has criticised public representatives and government employees who defraud state resources, saying their actions hinder socio-economic d...

Committee to assess impact of war on SA
CAPE TOWN -- President Thabo Mbeki has appointed a ministerial committee to assess the impact the war in Iraq is having on South Africa, according to a Sunday newspaper. Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma leads the committee which al...

Zim must not share in DRC success ­ DA
PRETORIA -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe does not deserve to share the success of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) peace talks, the Democratic Alliance said yesterday. "The invitation of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to the c...

SA business, govt agree to help Zimbabwe
GEORGE -- Zimbabwe is in a dire economic crisis and South Africa's government and businesses must help it rebuild, a meeting attended by President Thabo Mbeki and high powered industry leaders concluded on Saturday. "There was good discussion abo...

702's JQ suspended for using abusive language
JOHANNESBURG -- Controversial 702 Talk Radio host Jon Qwelane, or JQ as he is known, is off the air. The veteran journalist was suspended on Friday by 702 station manager Yusuf Abramjee, following a complaint from a listener that Qwelane had use...

Lotto Payouts
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