The National Union of Mineworkers said on Sunday it would seek pay hikes of up to 60% from the country’s gold and coal producers in wage talks.
France’s President Francois Hollande has signed into law a Bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to legalise gay weddings.
Siemens’s SA unit has won the contract to supply 46 wind turbines to power utility Eskom’s 100 megawatt Sere wind farm, says the German company.
Former England captain David Beckham has announced his retirement from professional soccer at the end of the season, says the English FA.
Singer Beyoncé was forced to cancel her show in Antwerp, Belgium, because of dehydration and exhaustion, her representatives Sportpaleis have said.
England’s Rio Ferdinand has quit international soccer, says the country’s Football Association.
The EU will pledge more than half a-billion euros to help Mali rebuild after months of conflict, says the European Commission President.
Police in Rwanda say three people have been killed and an unknown number are feared trapped after a four-storey building under construction collapsed.
Striker Didier Drogba has hit back at a Fenerbahce fan who waved a banana at him and teammate Emmanuel Eboue during a league encounter.
China has expressed outrage over remarks by the mayor of Osaka who said Japan’s system of military brothels during World War II was "necessary".