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Rassie Erasmus will consider a number of possible options after resigning as senior professional coach of the Stormers.
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According to the Adcorp Employment Index, over 100 000 new jobs were created in December 2011 with temporary work growing the fastest.
Julius Malema says reports of him calling ANC leaders "baboons" at a mini-rally in Bloemfontein last week are the result of an incorrect translation.
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Retailer Game warns it may breach the terms of its loans, blaming difficult market conditions forcing it to cut prices in the run-up to Christmas.
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A gold rush near a Zimbabwean mining city by illegal panners has led to reports that Zanu-PF security forces have seized control of the mining wealth.
Former soccer star Eric Cantona wants to run in this year’s presidential election in France and is trying to gather the signatures needed to do so.
Nigeria’s leader Goodluck Jonathan says militant group Boko Haram is the biggest security threat since civil war and has secret backers in government.
The ANC slaughtered a bull ahead of the centenary celebrations as part of a traditional cleansing ceremony.
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Malaysia has seized elephant tusks worth $760 000 from South Africa in the first haul of smuggled ivory destined for the south-east Asian country.
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The Muslim Brotherhood has emerged the winner in parliamentary elections but the fundamentalist group is likely to be cautious about flexing muscle.
Republican front-runner Mitt Romney’s statement that "I like being able to fire people" is likely to be seized on in attack ads ahead of US primaries.
Tiger Woods should have a strong 2012 season, one that will help secure US PGA finances and lift golf globally ahead of its 2016 Olympic return.
Malawi’s courts have ground to a halt as some 2 000 judicial workers begin an indefinite strike over work conditions and higher pay, organisers say.
Six people have been killed as Nigeria police and protesters continue to clash as tens of thousands demonstrate nationwide over fuel price hikes.
Eskom has warned of a very high risk of rolling blackouts around SA, but says it has been doing everything it can to avert the "load-shedding".
During his centenary address, President Jacob Zuma said the ANC is determined to move towards the second centenary with a more rejuvenated organisation.
The chamber of commerce and industry says the impact of an illegal KwaZulu-Natal toll plaza strike will impact the transportation of goods.
Zimplats has been ordered to pay the Zimbabwean government $28-million in outstanding royalties as it did not revise its contributions since 2009.
The ANC Youth League’s message of support reached the printers too late to be included in the ANC’s centenary booklet.
A Tibetan monk has died after setting himself alight in protest against the Chinese government’s lack of religious freedom in the region.
Christine Lagarde says the eurozone might avoid a recession in 2012 as there have been massive changes over the last 18 months.
Pitso Mosimane has been forced to make changes to his Bafana Bafana squad after their international friendly draw with Equatorial Guinea.
The musician who died at the ANC’s celebrations in Bloemfontein was 54-year-old Sizanempi Nxusa, who came from President Zuma’s hometown of Nkandla.
Norway’s Statoil has announced a major oil discovery in the Barents Sea that could contain up to 300 million barrels of crude.
Yemen’s Cabinet has approved a law granting President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and anyone who has worked under him, immunity from prosecution.
A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake has struck the Santa Cruz islands, part of the Pacific’s Solomons group — but there is no threat of a tsunami.
Oil prices fell to near $101 a barrel on Monday in Asia amid investor concern over the outcome of a meeting between the leaders of Germany and France.
The twitterverse was abuzz at the weekend as music royalty couple Beyonce and Jay-Z become proud parents of a baby girl named Blue Ivy.
Australian top order batsman Shaun Marsh was unable to fulfill a media engagement ahead of the third Test against India in Perth because of illness.
An Australian bungee jumper whose cord snapped, plunging her head-first into the raging Zambezi River, has described her "miracle" survival.
Youths in Kasserine, a town at the forefront of Tunisia’s uprising a year ago, have now heckled the people their revolution brought to power.
A rights group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has called for new elections following November’s controversial legislative and presidential polls.