The launch of a hostel eradication programme in Soweto this week stirred speculation that the Gauteng government had been spurred into action by fears of further xenophobic outbursts.
Over 50 vehicle dealerships across the country have shut up shop since the beginning of the year because of plunging sales, according to industry.
The prediction market is said to be more accurate than opinion polls. Kevin Davie investigates.
Zimbabwe journalists facing beatings or arrest if they are critical of the government, an African fact-finding mission said on Friday.
South Africa’s Sasol has agreed with China’s Shenhua Group to jointly produce motor fuel from coal by 2016, it was reported on Friday.
Former ANC MP Andrew Feinstein on Friday called for an ”independent, unfettered” investigation into the controversial arms deal.
A widespread power failure and subway fire left Washington, DC dark and snarled traffic during the morning rush hour on Friday, officials said.
The collar of his leather jacket probably saved his life when he was stabbed in the neck, Western Cape provincial secretary Mcebisi Skwatsha said.
The Constitutional Court on Friday refused the Khutsong community’s bid to be reincorporated into Gauteng from North West.
The spread of HIV in Mozambique has hit the economy and is heightening poverty, the United Nations chief representative in the country said on Friday.