Gauteng Legislature speaker Lindiwe Maseko has cancelled a debate on toll roads scheduled for this week because the ANC is divided on the issue.
High-ranking ANC officials visited China this week in what could be seen as the party’s unreserved support for Beijing.
Rebel groups fighting over diamond mines in the Central African Republic have signed a ceasefire, ending weeks of deadly violence.
A unit of state-owned freight company Transnet has opened a line to transport magnetite for export after disruptions caused by damage to a bridge.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will thrash out differences with French President Nicolas Sarkozy over how to use the eurozone’s financial fire power.
President Bashar al-Assad has renewed a pledge of reforms as Syria threatened retaliation if countries recognised an opposition bloc.
The African National Congress’s Johannesburg region elected new leaders during the weekend.
A $1.2-billion World Bank credit to Bangladesh to finance the country’s longest river bridge has been suspended.
New Zealand eased into the World Cup semi-finals with a sometimes nervous but ultimately comfortable 33-10 victory over a dogged Argentina.
Libyan transitional government forces say they have captured the university and a conference centre in Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte.