It is packaged in the lurid red and white of the Stars and Stripes and the logo mimics that famous swirl, but there is something different about this brand of cola.
A suicide machine which produces up to a litre of carbon monoxide a minute will be demonstrated on Sunday by the controversial Australian euthanasia doctor Philip Nitschke.
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has been fined R300 for speeding, with his children in the car, on a busy Cape Town road on Tuesday, the Star newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The Democratic Republic of Congo sought to end speculation about one of Africa’s greatest mysteries yesterday by sentencing 26 people to death for the murder of President Laurent Kabila two years ago.
Without nuclear weapons North Korea would barely be noticed. It is a 10th the size of South Africa, with half the population and with the average worker earning less than in Lesotho. Widespread hunger and malnutrition persist despite the huge quantities of international food aid.
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa is set to open in the black on Tuesday on the back of a weaker rand. The rand and gold are expected to be the main drivers of the market.
In certain circles it has become old-fashioned to talk about race and class as categories through which to make sense of the behaviour of people around the world in general, and in South Africa in particular.
Nigeria is to invite Cameroon, with whom it has had a recent border spat, to join a group of west African nations bidding to stage the 2010 World Cup, officials said on Tuesday.
Test players Makhaya Ntini and Mark Boucher have been selected for the Border Bears team to play Western Province in the Standard Bank Cup semi-final clash at Buffalo Park on Friday.
Israeli online publication Ha’aretz.com reports that advisers to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon have conceded that Sharon received ,5-million from a South African businessman, but denied any connection to criminal activity.
Ariel Sharon’s secret SA benefactor