Swaziland may be forced to devalue its currency unless the crisis-hit Southern African kingdom can urgently cut government spending.
Women on the frontline of demonstrations against Syria’s brutal regime are now being targeted by security forces.
Unless the bookies have got it very wrong, it looks as though French finance minister Christine Lagarde will be installed as the head of the IMF.
India’s pharmaceutical industry has rolled out a strong local presence in South Africa, cornering a large share of the market.
Texan director is considered a frontrunner, with one critic saying Cannes has been desperate to give him prize for 30 years.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied on Saturday that he was locked in crisis with President Barack Obama.
Doomsday prophet Harold Camping looks likely to be less than rapturous after his prediction the world would end on Saturday failed to materialise.
Substitute midfielder Isaac Chansa was the hero for the hosts when he thundered in a shot that handed Orlando Pirates the Absa Premiership title.
Voter turnout for the local government elections was the highest to date, IEC chief electoral officer Pansy Tlakula said on Saturday.
The Cannes film festival stumbled towards its close on Friday, still reeling from the shock expulsion of Danish director Lars Von Trier.