The G8 agreed on Tuesday to impose sanctions against Zimbabwe’s leadership because of violence during the condemned re-election of Robert Mugabe.
Poorer residential consumers will pay only 14,2% more for electricity this year, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa said on Tuesday.
The people of Zimbabwe need to remove themselves from their current crisis situation, Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said on Tuesday.
The government is considering increasing the value of social grants in order to soften the blow of high food prices.
Officials were on Tuesday monitoring a cracked bridge over the swollen Olifants River on the West Coast and assessing other damage in the region.
Cambodia’s prime minister on Tuesday hailed the designation of an 11th-century Hindu temple as a world heritage landmark.
The ”meddling hand” of Agriculture and Land Affairs Minister Lulu Xingwana is behind the sacking of Land Bank chairperson Themba Langa, the DA said.
The Johannesburg High Court is expected to hear arguments on Tuesday afternoon challenging the third suspension of SABC chief executive Dali Mpofu.
South Africa has a well-regulated and capitalised banking system which has been largely unaffected by the United States subprime market crisis.
A flurry of indirect talks between Israel and its closest enemies may not bring peace, but it could help the Israelis contain a future war with Iran.