The leaders of South Africa are a "strange breed who are set on undermining the institutions that underpin democracy, says Nedbank chair Reuel Khoza.
South Africans and foreigners are walking through Johannesburg’s once feared city centre to experience more of the recently revamped metropolis.
Eleven people have been killed after suspected members of Boko Haram were entangled in a shoot-out when troops raided their alleged hideout.
US player Hunter Mahan has won the US PGA Tour’s $6-million Houston Open by one stroke over Carl Pettersson after firing a final-round 71.
Former Kiwi fast bowler Iain O’Brien has apologised for an April Fools prank in which he announced he was coming out of retirement for a second time.
The state has tried to subvert the SA justice system by arranging to deport foreigners before the courts could order their release.
Actor Stephen Fry has called on the UK to use the London 2012 Olympics to "redress a great wrong" and return the Parthenon sculptures to Athens.
Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for a "dignified victory" after her National League for Democracy party’s apparent election win.
The company producing an <i>Angry Birds</i> cartoon series says it has a year’s worth of weekly episodes lined up … but a movie will have to wait.
The short trading week will end with important US jobs data, with key EU gatherings to keep things interesting till then, writes <b>Matt Quigley</b>.