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President Jacob Zuma has tried to play down the effect of labour unrest on the economy but managed to trigger a nearly 3% plunge in the rand.
South Africa’s labour laws have their pros and cons, but who do the tough legislations ultimately protect?
The growing divide between the ANC and the "born frees" may present a concern for the ruling party when the 2019 presidential election comes around.
Soccer body Safa has reinstated its chief and four other leading officials suspended over a match fixing scandal involving the national team.
Africa’s rhinos and elephants have been poached in near record numbers in 2012, with surging demand for horn and ivory driving the slaughter.
A record number of rhinos have been poached in South Africa this year as rising demand in Asia for their horns led to a massive upswell in killings.
The former head of the ANC Youth League, Fikile Mbalula, is beating a path that may lead right to the top using sport to help unite a nation.
About 150 000 SA coal workers seeking 14% wage increases plan to walk off the job from Sunday in a strike that could hurt power supplies.
Eskom has increased its wage offer to unions, in a bid to prevent a prolonged strike that could cut power and bring disaster to the economy.
Labour protests sweeping South Africa are stoking worries about inflation and dealing blows to the long-term prospects of the country’s economy.
Fuel shortages, icy rain and power failures are hampering Japan’s worst humanitarian crisis since World War II, but workers are reporting progress.
Japan may build robots to run marathons and preside over weddings, but it has not deployed any of the machines to help repair its crippled reactors.
Messages from years of Aids campaigns are finally filtering down to the dingy streets of Johannesburg where sex workers turn tricks.
Africa, Australia and Canada likely hold the key to a geopolitical battle being fought to end China’s stranglehold over obscure elements.
South African President Jacob Zuma called on the government and private sector to create jobs, setting aside billions of dollars to create work.
SA is proposing sweeping changes to labour law intended to increase job security for temporary workers, but economists have expressed concern.
South Africa’s ascension to the Bric group of major emerging economies was more about politics than economics.
The ANCYL has been stepping up its support for North Korea, Pyongyang’s media said, ahead of President Zuma’s visit to the G20 meeting in South Korea.
A diary entry by suspected Nigerian bombing conspirator Henry Okah talked about staging "a fight to the finish", a court heard on Monday.
The African National Congress will press on Wednesday for a new tribunal to punish unscrupulous reporting.
