The most important person in Kathmandu these days is neither King Gyanendra nor the celebrated climber, Sir Edmund Hillary, but Bhattarai, the formidable leader of Nepal’s Maoist rebels.
We say goodbye to two South African cricketers this week as they leave for the great pitch in the sky.
The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has invoked the Promotion of Access to Information Act to obtain state documentation on an alleged oil deal involving South Africa and Nigeria.
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The international Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday upheld Uefa’s punishment against Dutch club PSV Eindhoven because of racist incidents during a home Champions League match against Arsenal.
The Sharia appeals court in Nigeria’s northern Katsina State on Tuesday postponed for the third time hearing the appeal against a stoning death sentence on a 31-year-old mother. The court said there were not enough judges to form a quorum.
Government has not moved away from its ”willing seller willing buyer” position regarding land expropriation, Agriculture and Land Affairs Minister Thoko Didiza said on Monday.
The working committee evaluating bids for a majority stake in South Africa’s second national operator (SNO) has cut the short-list from four to two, the ministry of communications said in a statement on Monday.
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was released by police on Monday afternoon after being charged with contempt of court.
The government’s proposed clean air legislation will allow industry to continue polluting as usual, according to a group of 40 organisations, including trade unions and environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
The government has let South Africans down on crime, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Monday, at the launch of its policy document on the criminal justice system.