Bafana players were greeted with the disconcerting news on Wednesday that the team had plummeted to 85th in the Fifa world rankings.
The world financial crisis hardens the case for SA sticking to its economic policies, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel was quoted as saying on Thursday.
Formula One teams have signalled their readiness to embrace eco-technology and other environmental initiatives.
Efforts to form a breakaway from the ANC are gaining momentum, but analysts say the new party still needs to recruit nationally recognised leaders.
After a lacklustre debate, John McCain now has less than four weeks to turn the race for the White House around.
The DRC’s envoy to the UN called on the Security Council on Wednesday to intervene to stop what he called an ”imminent” Rwandan attack.
Four metro cops may be in hot water for driving past rocks placed on the N1 highway where a Johannesburg man was ambushed and killed.
The rand is unlikely to stabilise in the next week or two, Kruger International economist Ulrich Joubert said on Wednesday after volatile trade.
Separatist Tamil Tiger rebels on Thursday accused the Sri Lankan government of launching a ”genocidal war” against northern Tamils.
Zimbabwe’s political parties met on Wednesday to iron out differences over the division of Cabinet posts, but failed to reach agreement, the MDC says.