Animal welfare activists went to court this week to try to stop convicted wildlife dealer Riccardo Ghiazza from sending wild-caught elephants to zoos in Mexico.
Who are the real winners and losers in Nigeria’s elections? Nigerians face a difficult choice between justice and fair play, and stability and peace in their country.
Winnie Madikizela was sentenced to five years in jail on Friday after her conviction on dozens of fraud and theft charges. She will serve eight months of her sentence in prison.
The Cape High Court dismissed with costs on Friday ANC MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s bid to stop National Assembly Speaker Frene Ginwala publicly reprimanding her.
An imposter who for years allegedly paraded as Swaziland’s King Mswati III in suburbs of the town of Manzini, collecting thousands of dollars under false pretences, has been arrested.
Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister Mohammed Valli Moosa will leave for New York on Friday to chair a meeting to follow-up last year’s World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.
Airbus, the European plane-maker, yesterday trumped its American arch-rival, Boeing, by winning a ,8-billion order for 65 aircraft from JetBlue, the profitable US low-cost airline.
The government announced on Thursday that it had terminated discussions with Britain’s BAE Systems to sell it a 30% stake in state-owned arms and technology group Denel.
<b>Movie of the week:</b> <em>28 Days Later</em> is one of those what-if stories that hearken back to a time when the threat of nuclear disaster hung over the world, writes Shaun de Waal.
A UN vote on homosexual human rights was yesterday derailed at the last minute by an alliance of disapproving Muslim countries.