The ANC’s nomination conferences have been plagued by factional discord, with three provinces failing to nominate their preferred candidates.
Israel said it was withholding this month’s transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority, after the UN’s recognition of a Palestinian state.
Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court has postponed its work indefinitely after a protest by Islamists sympathetic to President Mohamed Morsi.
SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande says the ANC must emerge from Mangaung as a restored party with a committed leadership.
At least seven people were feared missing after concrete panels fell from the roof of a tunnel on the main highway linking Tokyo with central Japan.
The ANC North West moved its provincial general council to Rustenburg, two days after the party’s deadline for nominations.
Table Mountain has been inaugurated as one of the new seven wonders of nature at a ceremony held at the foot of the mountain.
Australia will have to produce the greatest run chase in Test history to beat South Africa in the third Test at the WACA Ground.
Media reports say taxpayers money has allegedly been used to pay for renovations to the homes of President Jacob Zuma’s two brothers.
Microsoft and Google have become embroiled in a bitter dispute over who is the fairest of them all for online shopping.