Transport Minister Ben Martins says South Africa needs to develop its shipping industry in order to create jobs.
Egypt’s president has called parliamentary elections for April in an effort to assuage mounting frustration over continued turmoil on the streets.
Oscar Pistorius has arrived at court eyeing bail after three days of hearings saw the prosecution’s case seriously undermined.
A kidnapped French family are likely to have been separated into two groups by their abductors, says France, as Nigerian forces search for them.
Countries in the Latin America region have confounded sceptics with their rapid growth and social progress
The editor of a daily newspaper in the Democratic Republic of Congo has begun serving a six-month jail term after being convicted of criminal libel.
Shareholders of Finance Bank are contesting the legality of FNB’s doomed acquisition in 2011.
Far too often power and money have played an undue influence in tipping the scales of justice, writes Rapule Tabane.
The sheer beauty and holiday feel of Mauritius can make it hard to do business on this island.
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