Unions in Swaziland have sent their members out into the streets to protest against cuts in civil servants’ salaries as the financial crisis deepen.
Libya’s rebel council has nominated 74-year-old writer Mahmud Nacua as its ambassador to London, after the UK expelled Gaddafi’s envoys.
Triple suicide blasts and gun attacks have killed 17 people including a local BBC reporter in an ongoing attack in the Afghan province of Uruzgan.
The unemployment rate increased to 25.7% between the first and second quarters of 2011, says Statistics South Africa.
It’s a well-known fact that Capetonians hibernate in winter. So what is it about El Burro that makes it impossible to get a table, even now?
According to the MasterCard Worldwide Index of Consumer Confidence, South Africa’s consumer confidence has risen to levels last seen in 2009.
It’s not everyday one comes across a female butcher who is passionate about her product.
James Murdoch looks set to survive a board meeting of BSkyB on Thursday even as questions multiply over whether he is a fit chairperson.
Producer price inflation for domestic output spiked 7.4% in June 2011 from the comparable period in 2010, Statistics SA announced on Thursday.
The US is about to bump against its borrowing limit. If the limit isn’t raised the US will default on its debt or drastically reduce state spending.