To counteract the weak local market, South Africa-based construction firms are looking to Africa to export their services and expertise.
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has admitted that "some mistakes" have been made by security forces during the crackdown on dissent in his country.
A vial containing the late pope John Paul II’s blood will soon be winging its way to Mexico in a bid to help bring down crime in the country.
Fifa suspended Lisle Austin for a year and and banned six Hungarian and Bosnian match officials for life for helping fix international friendlies.
Eight of England’s Ashes winners were nominated for the International Cricket Council Cricketer of the Year award in a long list of candidates.
A manhunt has been launched for one of the country’s most wanted criminals, Bongani Moyo, who escaped custody on crutches.
North Korea has fired artillery shells near its Yellow Sea border with South Korea for the second time in a day, says Seoul’s defence ministry.
The DRC needs a stronger judicial system to combat impunity for the crimes being committed by its army and other groups, says Amnesty International.
Shrien Dewani can be extradited to SA to stand trial for the murder of his wife while on honeymoon, says London Judge Howard Riddle.
The Democratic Alliance urged President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday to change policy direction and adopt a new, growth-oriented economic framework.
<b>Sukasha Singh</b> gets in touch with her inner crash test dummy in the newly upgraded Honda Accord.
Southern Africa was facing an "erosion of democracy" caused in part by a failure of leaders to live up to their own agreements on the rule of law.
Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer has ended its 10-year commercial relationship with Tiger Woods and wished him luck with "overcoming his difficulties".
Employment in July was down for the third consecutive month although jobs in the public sector grew, according to the Adcorp Employment Index.
James Mathes and Daniel Mathee have produced a score for the film that perfectly captures the drama and tension of the storyline.
The new version of the iPhone has already hit the Chinese market — the fake market that is — and is selling for as little as $31.
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Genevieve Hofmeyr is one of South Africa’s most respected and sought after producers.
Philip Key is the managing director of Moonlighting Filmmakers.
A US drone fired two missiles into Pakistan’s North Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing at least 21 suspected militants.
The Department of Home Affairs’ Zimbabwe Documentation Project will hold a meeting this week in a bid to finalise the process.
Transnet and Eskom bonds are now more highly rated than US government bonds, according to the latest ratings by Fitch and Moody’s Investments.
The Crusaders will play another Super Rugby season away from home as the Lancaster Park stadium needed to be demolished because of earthquake damage.
Midfielder Kagisho Dikgacoi will miss South Africa’s friendly against Burkina Faso in Johannesburg on Wednesday night because he is stuck in England.
India, Brazil and South Africa (Ibsa) are launching a mission to Syria, in a bid to halt a deadly crackdown on anti-regime protests there.
The leader of a polygamist sect in Texas has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting two young girls.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has pledged cooperation to fight "terrorism" during talks with Niger’s leader.
The European Union has asked Zimbabwe to open an inquiry into claims of torture camps in the country’s diamond mines, as alleged in a BBC documentary.
The African Union has for 3 000 more soldiers to secure the famine-struck Somali capital after rebels occupying Mogadishu pulled out.
Germans who got T-shirts bearing right-wing flags at a recent rock festival will soon find the print has given way to a message urging them to repent.
President Zuma says not enough is being done to advance women in business sectors, calling for "visible change" in all industries, especially mining.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said he would recall Parliament from its summer recess for a day after rioting swept through through London.