Friday, 27 August 2010 11:09 Source: Mail & Guardian Online by Yolandi Groenewald & Adriaan Basson

Businessmen closely linked to Limpopo Premier Cassel Mathale and ANC Youth League president Julius Malema have emerged as beneficiaries of the multimillion-rand medical waste management industry.

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Friday, 27 August 2010 11:04 Source: Mail & Guardian Online by Mandy Rossouw, Matuma Letsoalo & Mmanaledi Mataboge

The two-week strike by hundreds of thousands of state employees marks the lowest point in relations between the ANC and its alliance partner Cosatu since President Jacob Zuma took leadership of the ruling party, with Cosatu making the unprecedented threat that it will refuse to support some ANC candidates in next year's municipal elections.

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Friday, 27 August 2010 00:00 Source: Reuters

Cheered by hundreds of thousands of jubilant Kenyans waving national flags, President Mwai Kibaki signed a new Constitution on Friday that curbs his sweeping powers and strengthens civic rights.

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Thursday, 26 August 2010 00:00 Source: Mail & Guardian Online by Kristin Palitza

When asked if they have already felt the effects of climate change, Mary-Anne Zimri and Katrina Scheepers eagerly nod their heads. The two small-scale farmers say lack of rain this winter has foiled their planting season, ruined their harvest -- and drastically slashed their income.

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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 15:20 Source: Business Day by Hillary Joffe

Johannesburg — NEWSPAPERS should never turn their noses up at advertising revenue. But when government departments resort to paying for advertorial, it is surely an admission of defeat. How bad is your communications strategy if you have to buy space to put your case across? How poor are your relations with the media if journalists haven't even heard your side of the story, much less written about it amid a strike that's on the front pages every day?

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Friday, 20 August 2010 09:16 Source: Mail & Guardian Online by Adriaan Basson

Does President Jacob Zuma deserve the praise heaped on him for "cracking down" on corruption last week?

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Wednesday, 18 August 2010 12:56 Source: Business Day by Siseko Njobeni

Johannesburg — BUSINESS leaders yesterday entered the press freedom debate, unequivocally rejecting the idea of a media appeals tribunal.

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Wednesday, 18 August 2010 12:15 Source: Mail & Guardian Online by Alexandra Lesieur

Southern African leaders on Tuesday gave themselves six months to review a stand-off between Zimbabwe and a regional court that ruled against President Robert Mugabe's land reforms.

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Monday, 16 August 2010 13:48 Source: Mail & Guardian Online

The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) on Sunday denied all allegations of corruption and fraud made by its former employee in Parliament.

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Monday, 16 August 2010 00:00 Source: Times Live

The Times Editorial: Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale appears to have been busy cleaning up corruption in his ministry. At a media briefing yesterday, his director-general, Thabani Zulu, gave details of the department's successes in combating corruption.

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