Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane has condemned the reported harassment of two teenagers, one of them wearing a miniskirt, at the Noord taxi rank.
The rand was on much firmer footing against the dollar on the new year’s second day of trading after bearing the brunt of asset sell-off in 2011.
Roelof van der Merwe has been suspended for one Big Bash League match for failing a roadside alcohol breath test on New Year’s Day.
Online retailing offers convenience and economy but few of the social advantages of a busy shop.
A study has found musicians cannot tell from sound alone whether they are playing an old classic instrument or one made last week.
Scientists say two distinct shark species have interbred to spawn an unprecedented new kind of shark that is better suited to Earth’s warming oceans.
A case of culpable homicide is being investigated after a police van hit and killed two cyclists who were riding on a tandem bicycle in Kliprivier.
Senegal’s world-renowned singer Youssou N’Dour has announced his running for presidency against the West African country’s incumbent Adboulaye Wade.
A high turnout is predicted for the Republicans’ Iowa caucus, which looks set to go to presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney, Ron Paul or Rick Santorum.
A lack of confidence among investors in the prospects for the eurozone has pushed the value of the euro down against the US dollar and the yen.
Coca-Cola has been accused of propping up Swaziland’s King Mswati III, said by activists to be looting national wealth at the expense of his subjects.
Safa has announced Bafana Bafana’s upcoming international friendlies have been downgraded after problems acquiring players for international duty.
Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has threatened Christians in the north and threatened troops after the president declared a state of emergency.
Egypt’s fallen dictator Hosni Mubarak had to be wheeled into court on a stretcher as his trial over the deaths of protesters resumed on Monday.
Bulldozers and dynamite are being used to strip priceless artefacts from remote sites, with booty sold on to wealthy collectors.
United striker Wayne Rooney has been fined the equivalent of a week’s wages by the Premier League club for a night out over the Christmas weekend.
To mark the country’s Independence Day, Burma’s president has commuted death sentences and cut jail terms, stopping well short of a political amnesty.
Congolese authorities have beefed up security at Bukavu central prison following an attempted jail break that left eight people dead and 44 wounded.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble says the new year will probably be worse than the last but Germany should be able to withstand it.
Russian space agency Roscosmos says 200kg fragments of the Mars probe <em>Phobos-Grunt</em> may survive re-entry but expects toxic fuel to vaporise.
Nigeria says it is ending fuel subsidies — a move that is sure to be unpopular in an oil-rich nation where citizens have come to expect cheap fuel.
Tourism officials in the Maldives have denied that health spas at luxury holiday resorts operate as brothels after the facilities were shut down.
Liverpool’s reputation is being sullied as the club maintains its backing of Luis Suarez despite his suspension for racially abusing an opponent.
Andrew Flintoff has spoken of the emotional anguish he experienced while leading England during their Ashes thrashing in Australia five years ago.
Sachin Tendulkar hopes there’s safety in numbers at the Sydney Cricket Ground as India attempts to level the four-test series with Australia.
Iran has test-fired a new long-range missile during naval exercises, after threatening to halt oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
KwaZulu-Natal premier Zweli Mkhize has again denied being part of a plot to replace President Zuma as the leader of both the ANC and the country.
Argentine motorcycle rider Jorge Martinez Boero was killed when he crashed early in the first stage of the Dakar Rally in Argentina on Sunday.
Gunmen sprayed bullets at New Year revellers in two bars in north-eastern Kenya on Sunday, killing five people.
A Kwazulu-Natal businessman has paid over R960 000 to hunt a white rhino in the Hluhluwe Game Reserve.
An Arab League advisory body called on Sunday for the immediate withdrawal of the organisation’s monitoring mission in Syria.
British tennis fans longing for their first male Grand Slam winner since 1936 will be hoping Ivan Lendl can help break the drought.