Zimbabwe has threatened to cancel the mining licence of Zimplats unless it furnishes "acceptable" indigenisation plans by September 25.
Barack Obama is planning about $300-billion in tax cuts and government spending as part of a job-creating package, US media reports say.
The Nobel Women’s Initiative on Wednesday urged President Jacob Zuma to withdraw his nomination for Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng as Chief Justice.
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Documents showing plans for a 136-strong South African-led "rapid intervention force" being deployed in Libya have been leaked to the media.
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The role of public enemy number one amongst All Blacks fans sits well with Australia flyhalf Quade Cooper, who says he’s at the World Cup to win.
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Wildfires sweeping across Texas have destroyed more than 1 000 homes in the last several days as they move into more populated areas.
Germany’s top court will decide on the legality of Europe’s rescue fund in a landmark ruling with major implications for future aid.
A heavy police contingent remained in Thembelihle, south of Johannesburg, on Wednesday after violent service delivery protests swept the area.
The hunt for Muammar Gaddafi has widened across Africa after Libyan army convoys crossed hundreds of kilometres of desert into neighbouring Niger.
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Caroline Wozniacki has insisted she was not making fun of Rafael Nadal when she imitated the Spanish superstar’s cramping spasm at the US Open.
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Cybersquatters will be unable to register domains such as Beyonce.xxx or MargaretThatcher.xxx to drive traffic to their websites.
Gaddafi is on the run. But nobody seems to know where he is, after Niger denied he was in the country, and Burkina Faso said he was not welcome there.
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Sharks coach John Plumtree insists his team are "not quite there yet" and must improve their attacking game if they want to win the Currie Cup.
Residents of Thembelihle, south of Jo’burg, continued a service delivery protest after they were addressed by housing official Humphrey Mmemezi.
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The department of finance has warned that South Africans need to save money in order to avoid high indebtedness.
This year’s M&G Literary Festival ended on Sunday with the likes of Ronnie Kasrils and Rica Hodgson discussing the use of memory as a weapon, and Cynthia Jele and Jassy Mackenzie on new writing from Jo’burg.
Black business must put the interests of South Africa first in coming to decisions at this week’s Black Business Summit, President Jacob Zuma says.
<em>Über(W)unden — Art in Troubled Times</em> consists of a conference and cultural interventions. The conference takes place from September 7 to 10.
DA leader Helen Zille is less than impressed after President Zuma indicated he had no need to discuss the DA submission on Justice Mogoeng in person.
Former Big Brother celebrity Brad Wood and four others have pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder.
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Business confidence dropped to its lowest level in a year in the third quarter of 2011, declining a further nine points from the second quarter.
Alex Ferguson has had enough of all the talk about this Barcelona team being the best of all time, saying it is a senseless question to ask.
More than 1 000 people marched on Tuesday through Swaziland’s Manzini in one of the largest protests yet against Africa’s last absolute monarch.
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Glencore, the world’s largest commodity trader, has said that it had almost doubled its stake in South African takeover target Optimum Coal to 23.9%.
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A 15-year-old girl was trampled by Thembelihle residents as they fled from police following a meeting with City of Johannesburg officials.
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Joel Chin, shot dead outside his home in Jamaica, was known for nurturing undiscovered talent, and was responsible for signing significant acts.
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Joel Chin, shot dead outside his home in Jamaica, was known for nurturing undiscovered talent, and was responsible for signing significant acts.
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Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann’s campaign manager, Ed Rollins, and his deputy are leaving their roles.
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A convoy of Libyan armoured vehicles as well as officers from Libya’s army arrived in Niger’s Agadez late on Monday, a French military source said.
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Manchester City are to investigate claims their chief executive sent an offensive email to the cancer-stricken mother of one of its players.
ANC said last week’s protest was "calculated" to undermine the party’s internal organisational processes.
Several books insist twin tower attacks were all part of a United States government plot to justify going to war in Afghanistan and Iraq.