At least 12 people have died and 58 were wounded in fighting between government forces and rebels holding the Ivory Coast city of Bouake, an AFP journalist reported on Tuesday
Ahmed Kathrada, chairman of a fund set up to help former Robben Island prisoners, has threatened legal action against a well-known events management company that was employed to raise money for the fund. Kathrada has instructed his attorneys to take urgent action against Suzanne Weil & Associates.
South African golfer Gary Player is to dispose of his trophies, including his Masters’ green jacket, through Christie’s of London, in a sale certain to raise eyebrows in the golfing world, the Times reported on Wednesday.
Losses in mining giant Anglo American pulled down the South African bourse in early trade on Wednesday, ahead of the release of a draft mining charter aimed at boosting black participation in the industry.
The Constitutional Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday that legislation criminalising brothels was constitutional, but were divided over a request to confirm a high court order invalidating the criminalisation of prostitution.
A major Nigerian newspaper group has emerged as one of the four leading bidders in the final round to take control of the 106-year-old South African Central News Agency (CNA), the group said on Wednesday here. This Day newspaper was established about seven years ago and is one of the most influential and widely-read national […]
Don’t be fooled into thinking soccer is just a game. I have to confess that I don’t know much about sport. I was actually thrown out of the three-legged race in primary school for persistently trying to let my partner do all the running. It went downwards from there.
A man with no clothes on is bound to be slippery. When I called Beau Brummell on the cell number at the bottom of his hand-written press release, it took some time for the man himself to come to the phone. The lady who answered politely asked me to hang on while she located him.
George Soros’s understanding of global finance is rivalled only by that of Alan Greenspan. He didn’t exactly look like one of the richest men in the world. In fact, he looked like a wandering Hungarian Jewish refugee of around 1947 — a casual check jacket worn over an unremarkable blue shirt.
The Inkatha Freedom Party has decided to invest in Hypo-Plus, a controversial product that claims to be effective in the treatment of HIV/Aids. The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> revealed last week that the ANC’s Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans’ Association was linked to a company involved in marketing Hypo-Plus.