About 30 ANC members who staged a sit-in at the party’s office in Pietermaritzburg were arrested on Monday night, KwaZulu-Natal police said.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi rejects calls for his father to step down, telling French TV "we will never surrender, we will fight".
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak on Monday halted the handover of 84 bodies of Palestinian militants to Palestinian authorities.
Microsoft has signed a deal with Baidu, the biggest search engine in China, to provide English-language search results.
Mexico’s drug cartels are pioneers of the global economy in their logic and modus operandi, writes <b>Ed Vulliamy</b>.
Fifa’s Sepp Blatter met Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe for talks on Monday after the head of world football arrived for a two-day visit.
The Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal took an astonishing new twist when a French writer announced she was filing a lawsuit.
Tobacco Bill proposes outlawing sales, with only doctors allowed to prescribe cigarettes to addicts unable to kick the habit.
As rising temperatures expose more land for exploration, prospectors are rushing to the far north in the hope of carving out a new mineral frontier.
Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has reinstated her legal adviser Paul Ngobeni, after he was caught up in a spat with Planning Minister Trevor Manuel.
Hackers have broken into a Fox News Twitter account and posted a series of tweets claiming President Barack Obama had been assassinated.
More than 3.5-million tickets have already been sold ahead of next year’s London Olympics — selling out 23 out of the 25 sports.
The energy department will sign an agreement with the International Energy Agency on Monday that will help drive energy efficiency in South Africa.
The Black Management Forum has left Business Unity South Africa, saying its flawed structure "outnumbered and suppressed the black business voice".
The National Union of Mineworkers hopes to secure a 14% pay hike this week at its wage discussions with the Chamber of Mines, which has offered 4%.
The head of Libya’s rebel council says there’s no chance of Muammar Gaddafi being granted exile within Libya, now that the ICC wants him arrested.
Cabinet ministers’ car hire bills are a "reckless" use of state funds, Democratic Alliance MP Ian Ollis said on Monday.
In his new book, <em>The Origins of Political Order</em>, the author of the <em>The End of History</em> explores how countries ‘get to Denmark.’
Average house prices are 15% lower than they were three years ago, according to the FNB House Price Index released on Monday.
US President Barack Obama’s decision to bring troops home from Afghanistan could jeopardise the next major push of the war, John McCain has warned.
Muammar Gaddafi can live out his retirement in Libya if he surrenders all power, the country’s opposition leader has said.
Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco were preparing for a trip to South Africa, as her father dismissed reports of a pre-wedding rift.
Judge Nkola Motata — a convicted drunk driver — was involved in another accident in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, early on Saturday morning.
Norway’s Thor Hushovd seized the Tour de France leader’s yellow jersey after his Garmin-Cervelo team won the 23km second stage on Sunday.
The National Union of Metalworkers’ of South Africa announced on Sunday a country-wide strike that could see more than 300 000 workers down tools.
President Jacob Zuma should urgently clarify the government’s position on land expropriation, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday.
One of the most common insults that Jews direct at other Jews is being a "self-hating Jew", writes <b>Keith Kahn-Harris</b>.
Wladimir Klitschko beat Britain’s David Haye on a unanimous points decision on Saturday to add the WBA heavyweight title to his three other belts.
Journalists Mzilikazi wa Africa and Stephan Hofstatter are being intimidated, the <i>Sunday Times</i> reported.
For five decades, literary journalists, psychologists and biographers have tried to unravel why Ernest Hemingway took his own life.
Facebook is reportedly planning this week to team up with Skype to launch a video chat function for its millions of users.
Establishing the domain .xxx as cyberspace’s red-light district was just an overture to the cynical advances of big business.