Workers at diamond mining company De Beers are set to go on strike on Friday after wage talks broke down, the National Union of Mineworkers says.
South African paper maker Sappi said on Wednesday it would close its entire Biberist Mill in Switzerland after failing to find a buyer.
SADC justice ministers are meeting this week to discuss the amendment of the community’s legal instruments and their relationship with national laws.
South Africa’s targeted consumer inflation quickened to its highest level in 15 months in June, but it was not in line with market expectations.
Science — not emotion — was behind the decision to grant a permit to Australian mining company Coal of Africa.
Russia’s prisons service launched an inquiry after photos emerged of toga-clad prisoners holding a lavish party complete with caviar and fast food.
Lack of demand, a strong rand and rising prices are putting strain on the tourism industry, a tourism business index has shown.
General Bheki Cele has again cancelled his media briefing to react to maladministration claims by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela.
With a tiger-like swipe at a protester, Wendi Deng became an unlikely hero in defence of her octogenarian husband Rupert Murdoch.
The All Blacks will rest key players for their Test against Fiji, but stressed they will not fall into the same trap as Australia did against Samoa.
Marine researchers in SA had a narrow escape after a three-metre great white shark breached the surface of the sea and leapt into their boat.
A worker fell to his death at Foxconn Technology Group’s manufacturing plant in southern China, local media reported on Wednesday.
Hospital staff do not believe that the British businessman Shrien Dewani is manipulating assessment of his mental health.
Double amputee Oscar Pistorius has qualified for the athletics world championships in August and could be on his way to the 2012 Olympics in London.
Experts studying the remains of Salvador Allende concluded the former president committed suicide.
Alberto Contador sent a warning to his rivals with repeated stinging attacks in the 16th stage of the Tour de France won by Norway’s Thor Hushovd.
South Africa may be past its growth peak for 2011 in the light of uncertainty about the global economy and nationalisation.
The ANC Youth League said Sars shouldn’t take orders from opposition parties, in response to the DA calling for a lifestyle audit on Julius Malema.
Three days of public hearings into the R16.5-billion takeover of Massmart by United States giant Walmart got underway at Parliament on Tuesday.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies have released a video of a barking Chihuahua angrily chasing off robbers at an Altadena smoke shop.
Despite low interest rates, nearly 50% of credit active people are falling behind in repayments.
Young and old gathered in Johannesburg’s Alexandra township to offer 67 handwritten messages for Madiba. See the photographs by the Umuzi Photo Club and hear the heartfelt messages in celebration of Mandela Day.
Japan’s government said it will suspend shipments of beef cattle from Fukushima prefecture after discovering that cattle had eaten contaminated feed.
South Africa’s fuel workers’ union has rejected a minimum 8% wage increase and is holding out for a double-digit hike
Appointment of litigation veteran Brendan Sullivan suggests News Corp boss is readying for a bitter legal battle in the United States.
Woolworths Holdings says it expects full-year earnings to rise by as much as 30% helped by a recovery in consumer spending in South Africa.
Twitter users fired off a record number of tweets per second at the final whistle of Japan’s upset win over the US in the women’s World Cup final.
The South Africa Revenue Service has not received any requests for a lifestyle audit of ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema.
The concluding instalment in the Hogwarts franchise has been postponed to make way for <i>Beginning of the Great Revival: The Founding of a Party</i>.
Muammar Gaddafi had already ruled Libya for 15 years in June 1984 and he had a fearsome reputation for brutality towards his enemies.
The International Rugby Board chief has warned price gouging during the Rugby World Cup threatens to sully New Zealand’s reputation with tourists.
Lance Armstrong has accused a group of US media giants of reporting grand jury information which had allegedly been illegally leaked.