Johannesburg, South Africa News

Nelson Mandela that were recorded in the 1990s for his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom .

Johannesburg - More than 90 people were arrested for protest-related crimes in Evaton, Orange Farm and Sebokeng, south of Johannesburg, Gauteng police said on Friday.

Striking South African workers at a chrome mine owned by German chemicals group Lanxess have signed a deal to end a week-long illegal walkout, after winning a one-off payment from the latest company to give in to militant labour pressure.

Oscar Pistorius was more than a national hero. His success came to symbolise South Africa's triumph over apartheid.

"This shouldn't be happening" -- these were the words of a visibly nervous and frustrated sheriff of the court as he rang the outside bell and knocked at the gate belonging to a woman still considered by many in South Africa as the "mother of the nation." Joe Maluleke and two other officials arrived at Winnie Mandela's house in Soweto on Tuesday to ... (more)

It was a Friday night in Jo'burg's city centre; a chilly autumn evening. What could have been a regular few-blocks walk between Market and Loveday streets turned into something extraordinary.

Cosatu has been asked to make an upfront payment of R200 000, says the Johannesburg Metro police despite the union's refusal.

The young, the gifted and the motivated had the opportunity to present their portfolios at the inaugural Portfolio Night Johannesburg on Wednesday, 22 May 2013, hosted by McCann Johannesburg, and Bizcommunity.com is thrilled to announce the judges' shortlist of five, one of whom will be the first South African Portfolio Night All-Star! The ... (more)

Mindshare South Africa has been named Office of the Year 2012 for the EMEA region, recognising our continued financial growth and commitment to fostering talent in the media industry locally.

The Carl Freyer z"l Tribute and Dr. Manfred Lehmann Memorial event will be held at Central Park's Bandshell on Sunday, June 2nd, the 46th anniversary of the miracle of the Six Day War and the reunification of Jerusalem, from 2:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., rain or shine.

From Hugh Exton's portraits to images of Marikana, an exhibition that remembers the Land Act also pays tribute to socially conscious photography.

Johannesburg, May 23 : A government report released into the use of a military base by an influential Indian family for a high-profile wedding in South Africa has implicated suspended Chief of State Protocol Bruce Koloane and exonerated President Jacob Zuma and his ministers.

Johannesburg - The reported racial exclusion policies of Kleinfontien farm settlement, near Pretoria, will be the target of a Democratic Alliance Youth protest on Thursday.

Cosatu is still contemplating whether to go ahead with a drive-slow protest against the e-tolling of Gauteng freeways.

Rebosis Property Fund, a South African real estate company, plans a share sale to help fund the purchase of offices and a shopping mall.

Tsogo Sun Holdings, South Africa's biggest hotel and leisure operator by market value, said sales will outpace inflation this year as an economic recovery resuscitates depressed demand for rooms.

The City of Joburg has grown at an average rate of 4.2 percent between 1996 and 2011 - higher than the average of the national and provincial economies, which are 3.3 and 3.7 percent respectively.

Single and divorced mothers with financial troubles were being recruited daily by South African and Nigerian drug syndicates to travel as international drug couriers, a top Indian spy chief has warned.

A SAA South African Airways Airbus A340-600, registration ZS-SNG performing flight SA-60 from Johannesburg to Lagos , was climbing out of Johannesburg, when the crew stopped the climb at FL210 due to a sparking kettle in one of the galleys.

Cosatu will be joined by 10 civil society bodies and some religious leaders in a series of protests against the e-tolling of Gauteng highways.