McDonald’s, the fast food giant that managed to ride out much of the Great Recession, has been bitten by the global slowdown.
The new Batman flick "The Dark Knight Rises" has remained number one at North American box offices, despite the mass shooting in Colorado.
A judge has granted Sheryl Crow a temporary restraining order against a man who is accused of threatening to shoot the Grammy-winning artist.
Acclaimed writer Nadine Gordimer has poured scorn on SA’s education system as "a wreck" over the failure to deliver textbooks to Limpopo schools.
Julius Malema says his expulsion from the ANC will be automatically overturned should Jacob Zuma lose the party’s presidency in December.
The DA says rampant corruption in the Tshwane metro is hampering service delivery following an SIU report tabled in Parliament last week.
Versatile swimmer Chad le Clos provided South Africa’s only shining light on the third day of the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson will add a third film to turn the Tolkien novel into a trilogy, with the first set for release in December.
A man and woman who had an adulterous relationship have reportedly been stoned to death by religious extremists linked to al-Qaeda, in Mali.
James Holmes faces 142 charges after a gunman shot dead 12 people and wounded scores more in one of the worst mass killings in US history.