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 | Linda Ensor A move by the SABC to revise its editorial policies has led to suspicions that it is seeking to tighten state control over the public broadcaster‚ especially ahead of the general election when political parties vie for valuable airtime. Read more >>
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 | Linda Ensor The Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) needed an average 8.5% tariff increase from the Ports Regulator this year to afford much-needed capital expenditure of R2.4bn that needs to be spent according to TNPA's chief executive Tau Morwe. Read more >>
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 | Government claims to have moved quickly to address the water shortage in Madibeng. Read more >>
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 | North West Premier Thandi Modise has called on striking parties in the mining sector to strive for a win-win solution to end the current wage dispute. Read more >>
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 | For the first time, judges will be legally compelled to disclose their business interests outside of their remunerated work. Read more >>
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 | Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has reiterated a need for organised labour, organised business and government to consolidate social dialogue as the guiding principle. Read more >>
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 | President Jacob Zuma has determined the period in which judges must disclose their registrable interests and those of their immediate family members, for the first time. Read more >>
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 | Violent strikes and the review of the possibility of increasing minimum wages to address poverty and inequality will come into sharp focus this year, says Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant. Read more >>
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 | The African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday (21 January) axed three top officials in the Madibeng municipality in response to the water shortage crisis in the area that led to deaths of four people last week after police acted to quell protests. Read more >>
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 | Linda Ensor The Department of Labour will devise proposals over the next five years for the introduction of a national minimum wage and the provision of retirement savings for workers. ‚ Read more >>
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 | Tamar Kahn The Medical Research Council (MRC) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Tuesday (21 January) announced two new partnerships with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation aimed at finding new tools to fight HIV‚ tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. Read more >>
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 | The Western Cape government said on Monday, 20 January, it was committed to extending as many opportunities as possible to the youth, and claimed it would continue to push its strategy that aims to see young people in the province becoming economically self-sufficient by the age of 25. Read more >>
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 | The South African National Roads Agency's headquarters in Pretoria was evacuated after a bomb scare. Read more >>
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 | CAPE TOWN: In a drive to rid the police service of unsuitable police officers, community members will now be involved in the recruitment of police candidates to ensure that only the most suitable candidates are chosen to become police officers, says Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa. Read more >>
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 | SANRAL says its Central Operations Centre (COC) was evacuated on Tuesday afternoon after a suspicious envelope containing a white substance was found on the premises. Read more >>
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 | As mineworkers in some of the country's platinum mines prepare to go on strike, government has urged all parties involved in the current wage dispute to engage in meaningful negotiations to resolve the dispute. Read more >>
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