The latest Statistics South Africa figures suggest social grants and a large public service are taking their toll on government coffers.
The Independent Labour Caucus, an umbrella group of 11 unions embroiled in a wage dispute, has dismissed government’s revised pay offer of 6.7%.
Bahrain has paid out $2.6-million in compensation to the families of 17 people killed in last year’s bloody crackdown on Shi’ite-led protests.
When Angie said she’d send textbooks to Limpopo, we said ‘Baie dankie’, not… ag, just watch the new Pimples video and tell us if we’re flogging a dead horse.
"Our core business as the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education is curriculum delivery in schools," says MEC for Education Senzo Mchunu.
Speed dating isn’t exactly the normal way of marketing a book, but then Nik Rabinowitz isn’t a normal sort of a bloke.
The Limpopo man accused of defacing "The Spear" painting, depicting President Jacob Zuma’s genitals, has been fired.
President Bashar al-Assad says Syria is in a state of war, ordering his Cabinet to crush the revolt even as fierce fighting continues near Damascus.
A French exploration company is planning to hunt for oil and gas in a 121 000 square kilometre area off the KwaZulu-Natal coast next year.
The Ecuadorian embassies in the US and UK have received over 10 000 messages in support of political asylum for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.