Extremists have to be excluded from dialogues between Muslims and Jews, the South African Union for Jewish Students's Ilan Solomons said during the Cook for Peace event held at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) on Sunday. "Extremists are always those
Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on Sunday called on men to take up their responsibility in the war against violence against women and children and the scourge of HIV/Aids. Mlambo-Ngcuka, speaking at the Fourth Treatment Action Campaign's national congress at the
The parents of murdered Stellenbosch student Inge Lotz are suing her ex-boyfriend Fred van der Vyver for R4-million each, said Dani Cohen, spokesperson for the Lotz family on Monday. Van der Vyver was acquitted of the murder of Lotz. Juanita
Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown will go on trial in September on fraud and theft charges, the Cape Town Regional Court heard on Monday. Prosecutor Thersia du Toit said the trial had been set down for nine days between September
The first witness in the drunken-driving case of Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride told the Pretoria Regional Court on Monday that he was told he and his family would be murdered if he did not help in a cover-up
The former secretary general of the South African National Civics Organisation, Thozamile Gwanya, has been appointed Director General of Agriculture and Land Affairs, the department said on Monday. Gwanya, who matriculated in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, holds a BCom degree from
The Democratic Alliance (DA) submitted parliamentary questions to President Thabo Mbeki on Monday, asking him to clear the air on his alleged involvement in the arms deal. The Sunday Times reported that business magnate Tokyo Sexwale had made an "impassioned
The University of the Free State on Monday asked for proposals on the future of its Reitz men's residence from various affected parties. A racist video surfaced at the institution last month, made by former students living in the Reitz
The South African National Taxi Council launched a "taxi pledge" on Monday. The spotlight has been on taxi violence recently after a 25-year-old woman was stripped and assaulted by taxi drivers at Johannesburg's Noord Street taxi rank because she was
Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya on Monday released a discussion document that could see the current means test for social-grant eligibility overhauled. "It is the view of the department that the means tests are outdated and consequently exclude many poor
Zimbabwe's ambassador to South Africa on Monday criticised the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) for claiming that President Thabo Mbeki had not been an "honest broker". He was briefing Parliament's portfolio committee on foreign affairs ahead of his country's
The African National Congress (ANC) wants its new deputy president, Kgalema Motlanthe, in government, ANC general secretary Gwede Mantashe said on Monday. There has been much speculation on whether the ANC's new leadership would want one of its own present
Among the leaders who met Mandela as part of the anti- apartheid icon's 90th birthday celebrations, was Indian-born Ahmed Kathrada. The former President turns 90 on July 18. The 20 freedom fighters are the only surviving members of of the
The trial of Rotina Mavhunga and her two alleged accomplices, who are facing charges of defrauding the State of about $5 billion and misrepresenting facts to public officials that diesel was oozing out of a rock, began in Chinhoyi on
The Zanu-PF leadership should submit itself to the desires of the electorate and work for the development of their constituencies, Cde Didymus Mutasa has said.
