Due to the rising cost of fuel Zambia has planned to begin importing refined petroleum products from neighbouring Angola.
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has issued a partial apology for the first time for racially abusing Manchester United Patrice Evra.
Pressure is mounting on India to save their second Test against Australia after an early attack saw the ousting of opener Virender Sehwag for four.
Manchester United have been resigned to a second straight loss in the English Premier League after Newcastle whipped the Red Devils 3-0.
The ANC expects 46 heads of state at its 100th anniversary bash this weekend, but isn’t sure iconic leader Nelson Mandela will attend.
Embattled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema isn’t included in the formal programme of the ruling party’s centenary festivities in Bloemfontein.
The class of 2011 has achieved a 70.2% matric pass rate — up from 67.8% in 2010, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced.
ANC chairperson Baleka Mbete says all South Africans and people from around the world are welcome at the ANC’s centenary celebrations in Mangaung.
Veteran radio personality Robin Alexander, famed for his line ‘bright-eyed and bushy-tailed’, has died at his home in Johannesburg at the age of 73.
The Bafta fellowship, Bafta’s highest honour, recognises a lifetime’s contribution to film.
Attenborough hits back at claims made by former chancellor Nigel Lawson that natural history series lacked objectivity.
A government department and ANC Women’s League have added their voices to condemning the harassment of two teenagers at the Noord Street taxi rank.
Keynes suggested a means to restoring equilibrium between nations after the Great Depression and it may be an idea whose time has come.
Accreditation for the ANC’s centenary festivities, seen as a preview of the party’s elective congressin December, is off to a smooth start.
Jacques Kallis came back after his first-ever pair in December to hit his second double-century in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka.
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife has said its rhino hunt tender, won by a KwaZulu-Natal businessman, will benefit the impoverished community of KwaMduku.
Chaired by Cassel Mathale, the ANC’s new Limpopo provincial executive committee met for the first time in Polokwane this week.
Michael Clarke hit the highest score by an Australian at the Sydney Cricket Ground to give his team the advantage in the second Test against India.
Anti-whaling activists claimed a small victory in their Antarctic campaign with the discovery of a harpoon ship, hampering the Japanese fleet’s hunt.
The head of the Tunis military tribunal has accused Saudi Arabia of ignoring its request to hand over ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
Manchester City have moved three points clear at the top of the English Premier League table by easily dealing with Liverpool 3-0.
Presidential contenders Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are effectively tied in the Republicans’ first nominating contest in Iowa.
Liverpool have announced their acceptance of Luis Suarez’s eight-match ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra after the full ruling was released.
A drug mule who entered South Africa with capsules of liquid cocaine in his stomach has died in hospital of an overdose-induced heart attack.
An envoy from Libya’s new leaders has asked President Zuma for help in rebuilding the country in the wake of the uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi.
Tens of thousands of North Koreans have packed the snowy main square of the capital to pledge their loyalty to new leader Kim Jong-un.
The daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been jailed and banned from political activities for ‘anti-state propaganda’.
Five-time European Tour winner Richard Sterne hopes his decision to take a relaxed approach to the Africa Open this week will pay handsome dividends.
An under-strength Bafana have embarked on a hiding to nothing, as they prepare to play unfancied Equatorial Guinea at the rebuilt Stade de Malabo.
A small crowd in Lagos were tear gassed and demonstrators in Kano have been arrested for protesting over soaring fuel prices.
Refiners in South Africa are seeking nearly 80 000 tonnes of diesel for delivery in January through spot tenders issued late last week.
Germany’s Jewish community has expressed shock after ultra-Orthodox protesters in Israel donned Holocaust symbols, including yellow stars.