There have been countless attempts to define the world’s second-biggest and second-most-populous continent, often and notoriously from outside.
If the high-grade deposit in Botswana is verified, the trans-Kalahari rail link could become a reality, writes Roman Grynberg.
Age-old tensions have resurfaces as the country buckles under harsh austerity measures.
JK Rowling’s first novel for adults The Casual Vacancy features grimy casual sex, self-harm, rape and heroin addiction and vicious parish politics.
A new scheme byt the land bank offers funds at as low as prime minus 5% for co-operative businesses.
South Africa lacks the demand and infrastructure for the huge Mthombo plant at Coega, experts say. Lynley Donnelly reports.
In a blistering judgment, the Constitutional Court has set aside President Jacob Zuma’s decision to appoint Menzi Simelane as prosecutions boss.
As strikers’ stances harden, the increasing threat of closure could make wage demands irrelevant.
As unprotected strikes continue to spread across SA, the effect on domestic growth for the third quarter will affect output in 2013.
A new book provides a useful critique of the impact the economic-centred society is having on the purpose of higher-education institutions.