The Africa Nations Cup minnows are putting up
a surprising fight and challenging the status quo.
Two presidential hopefuls will be out of the race, stirring up the old ethnic divisions that plague the country.
We have five double tickets, as well as copies of the novel, to give away.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum, President Jacob Zuma said the state is not the primary job creator in South Africa.
Zimbabwe’s national power company has told a court that no electrical fault was found in its investigation into the fire that killed Solomon Mujuru.
Julia Gillard had to be bundled out of a restaurant during medals presentation as Aboriginal rights protesters demonstrated against Australia Day.
The inquiry into the Cricket South Africa bonus scandal is due to close with the testimony of former Supreme Court of Appeal judge Mervyn King.
Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo have sealed off the residence of Etienne Tshisekedi and dispersed a group of his supporters using tear gas.
Sanef has welcomed a pledge to scrap a clause in the weather Bill that could see the censoring of the media’s reporting of weather and air pollution.
Rafael Nadal has once again proved Roger Federer’s Grand Slam nemesis, beating the Swiss great to reach the Australian Open final.
Jeff Radebe says fighting corruption should be as important as the fight against apartheid, as corruption will "steals the fruit of our struggle".
Human Rights Watch have slated French police for allegedly singling out black and Arab men for random checks as part of a new crime fighting policy.
Residents of a south China town have been panic buying bottled water after media reports of excessive levels of the carcinogenic metal cadmium.
Inspired by the DA’s poster campaign, the <i>M&G</i> wondered what it would be like if other political parties went "posterl".
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/ 26 January 2012
Producer price inflation — or the increase in factory gate prices — eased to 9.8% year-on-year in December, says Statistics SA.
You could almost feel sorry for Google’s management team lately, writes <b>Alistair Fairweather</b>. Almost.
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/ 26 January 2012
South Sudan says a shutdown of 900 oil wells will impact on the new nation but they would rather see the oil stay in the ground than going to Sudan.
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/ 26 January 2012
Israel’s defence minister Ehud Barak warns tougher sanctions are needed against Iran despite the unprecedented oil embargo agreed by the EU this week.
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/ 26 January 2012
The Eastern Cape has ordered its debt-hobbled health department to stop hiring new doctors, in a move that may affect as many as 400 junior doctors.
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/ 26 January 2012
File-sharing multimillionaire Kim Dotcom faces another four weeks in jail in New Zealand after a judge warned he could try to flee to Germany.
The ANC in the Eastern Cape wants to meet the Mandela family to discuss Mandla Mandela’s personal life and work out how to rein in Madiba’s grandson.
Former Springbok captain Victor Matfield could come out of retirement — but only if Heyneke Meyer is unveiled as the new Springbok coach.
The bid by Wouter Basson, who headed SA’s chemical and biological warfare programme, to have misconduct charges against him dropped continues today.
Parliament’s portfolio committee on water and environmental affairs is set to begin its public hearings on how best to combat rhino poaching.
Mozambican authorities are forcefully moving people from the Limpopo Valley to prevent drowning in floods caused by discharges from the Massingir dam.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has warned the world’s elite that it is time for women to seize control of the world and sort out the mess men have made.
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Yvonne Chaka Chaka has won World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award for artists who improve the world through their work.
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/ 25 January 2012
Villagers in south Malawi have fled their flooded homes as the Shire and Ruo rivers burst their banks due to Mozambique’s deadly cyclone.
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/ 25 January 2012
South Sudan has signed an agreement with Kenya to build an oil pipeline to a Kenyan port, freeing it from reliance on Sudan.
Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting’s double centuries and a shaky start by India’s stuttering batsman left the visitors under pressure in Adelaide.
The Blue Bulls Rugby Union has confirmed the South African Rugby Union’s intention to employ their rugby director, Heyneke Meyer, as Springbok coach.
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has alarmed his neighbours in the affluent suburb he lives in, with an email joking about his "criminal links".