The economic calendar has lightened due to the holidays, but a few key events will still keep investors on their toes when trading resumes.
Hopes of finding survivors have faded as Pakistan troops desperately search for 135 people still buried in an avalanche at the Siachen Glacier.
Mali’s interim leader Dioncounda Traore has plenty to prepare for after ousted President Amadou Toumani Toure resigned as part of a deal with Ecowas.
Louis Oosthuizen’s albatross in the Augusta Masters might have been what held him back from beating Bubba Watson in their sudden-death playoff.
Mpumalanga premier David Mabuza has pledged not to fire cabinet members who didn’t support his ultimately unopposed election as ANC provincial chair.
SA has advanced to the Davis Cup’s World Group playoffs for the fourth year in a row after a sterling performance by Izak van der Merwe in Soweto.
A car bombing near a church in northern Nigeria on Easter Sunday has killed at least 20, in a stark reminder of a similar attack on Christmas Day.
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa insists he has not used state funds to renovate his house, and hopes to "unmask those behind these … accusations".
Latin America leaders (and Barack Obama) are set to confront the idea that the war on drugs has failed and that an alternative approach must be found.
The Toyota Cheetahs were by far the better outfit in their 26-5 victory over the Lions in their Super Rugby match at the Free State Stadium.