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The Global Foundation for Democracy has named Bridgette Radebe, South Africa’s foremost female mining entrepreneur, as their Businessperson of the Year for 2008.

South Africa’s major football bodies have signed an agreement with the Local Organising Committee of the 2010 World Cup to facilitate the sharing of skills and knowledge for the benefit of the local game

The South African news landscape is set to change in June with the launch of Africa’s first 24-hour news channel.

At just 36 years of age, the Eastern Cape's inimitable Phindi Kema is the first and only black person to breed thoroughbred horses commercially in South Africa. To top it off, she also grows lucerne and runs a citrus farm, a small dairy and a popular adventure camp.

Johannesburg’s glamour teams, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, no longer dominate South Africa’s football scene. What happened? Well, I think that football has been touched by the same winds of change that have swept through the country, writes Justice Malala.

Oscar Pistorius' dream is alive again after the Court for Arbitration in Sport ruled that his prosthetics do not give him any advantage over able-bodied runners, thus paving the way for him to compete in the Olympics.

A drama-filled final day of the season ended with SuperSport United losing to Bloemfontein Celtic, but still claiming South Africa's Premier Soccer League title ahead of Ajax Cape Town, who failed to get the win they needed over Lamontville Golden Arrows.

Red or white wine? At Backsberg Wine Cellars there’s another choice: green. The South African winery is one of only five wine producers in the world making carbon-neutral wines, offsetting its CO2 emissions by planting thousands of trees.

The South African National Roads Agency has awarded seven contracts for the first phase of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement project, which will see 125.5 kilometres of highways in the highly urbanised province being upgraded at a cost of R11.5-billion.

A new agreement has been drawn up between the Tourism Empowerment Council of South Africa and the private sector to promote black economic empowerment (BEE) in the tourism sector.