International sanctions have a patchy history, and Iran’s oil elite have been dodging them for decades, writes <b>Peg Mackey</b>.
The UN’s refugee agency says about 3 000 people from the DRC have been displaced amid renewed rebel attacks since the beginning of this year.
Zwelinzima Vavi and Julius Malema have joined the Cosatu march in Jo’burg against e-tolling and labour brokers, swept up by a swarm of supporters.
The recently crowned world No. 1 golfer Rory McIlroy has tried his hand at tennis after facing Maria Sharapova in an exhibition match in New York.
Chris Martin has missed out on a hat-trick, but bowled out South Africa’s three best bestmen in the first Test between the Proteas and the Kiwis.
It wasn’t much of a race, but then it really couldn’t have been as the world’s fastest man and Britain’s Prince Harry met up on a track in Jamaica.
The ANC’s young lions are set to confront the government by joining Cosatu’s national strike against labour brokers and the e-tolling system.
CNN says Mitt Romney has won the vote in Ohio after a battle with Rick Santorum for the Republican presidential nomination in the state.
Mitt Romney assured his followers he would earn the 2012 Republican nomination, as he savoured Super Tuesday victories and savaged Barack Obama.
Nigeria has accused South Africa of xenophobia after 125 of its travellers were refused entry into SA due to allegedly fake vaccination cards.