Swazi police fired tear gas to disperse activists who held anti-government protests for a second day on Wednesday, despite a call to stop the action.
Leaders of five of the world’s major emerging powers said on Thursday the use of force in Libya and the Arab world should be avoided.
Operator of Japan’s tsunami-flooded nuclear power complex said on Wednesday surging radiation and elevated temperatures were worrisome signs.
The Gauteng housing department is to demolish at least 115 RDP houses less than five years after the houses were handed to their beneficiaries.
President Barack Obama set a goal of cutting the US deficit by $4- trillion, plunging into the debate over the nation’s fiscal woes.
The AU and UN joined EU and Gulf states for the first time in calling for Gaddafi to step aside, as Nato bickered over how to support Libya’s rebels.
Julius Malema told supporters he would win his hate speech case, after a music expert said the <em>Shoot the Boer</em> "chant" could incite violence.
Gwede Mantashe said on Wednesday the ruling upholding the <em>Citizen</em>’s appeal in a defamation case by Robert McBride was a blow to SA unity .
An "army of policemen" invaded Swaziland’s teachers’ union offices after laying siege to the building with armoured vehicles and a water cannon.
Samwu said on Wednesday that it had accepted an offer to end a refuse-worker strike, but that Pikitup management did not sign the agreement.