SA’s schools assessment shows how poor classroom performance is linked to poverty, and aggravated by curriculum chaos and inadequate district support.
Banyana Banyana are set to face a southern African women’s football onslaught at the regional Cosafa Championships.
Greek lawmakers have approved a massive new austerity package demanded by international creditors, amid violent protests outside Parliament.
One of the men accused of trying to kill a former Rwandan general exiled in SA said that Rwandan soldiers were behind the plot, a friend testified.
Stormers coach Allister Coetzee says Conrad Jantjes is a better choice over Gio Aplon for Saturday’s Super Rugby semifinal against the Crusaders.
Only seven municipalities out of 237 received a clean audit for the 2009/10 financial year, Auditor General Terence Nombembe said on Wednesday.
Stanbic Bank Ghana, a unit of SA’s Standard Bank, says it has closed a $60-million senior revolving loan with Gold Fields’ unit in the country.
Saccawu has filed an appeal against the Competition Tribunal’s decision to allow Walmart to acquire a controlling stake in Massmart.
Bloody clashes between protesters and anti-riot police raged overnight in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, while new scuffles erupted on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe police have arrested the editor of the <em>Standard</em> newspaper and a reporter after an article on the arrest of an MDC Cabinet minister.