The "real left" will close ranks against right-wing demagogues who try to mobilise the youth using pseudo-left rhetoric, Cosatu and the SACP say.
Michelle Obama began the second leg of her African trip, with a visit to a clinic in Botswana that treats children living with HIV/Aids.
Two primary school pupils were wounded in a shoot-out during a botched cash-in-transit heist in Parktown on Friday morning, Gauteng police said.
The African Development Bank has refused Swaziland a bailout loan as it hasn’t met IMF conditions, a move described as "a catastrophe" for the nation.
ANC will focus on the values of the generation of party members who had passed on, as it turns 100 in 2012, chairperson Baleka Mbete said on Friday.
Despite sightings around the world, the fugitive who inspired a character in a Scorsese film was finally undone by a TV ad.
The Auckland Blues dispatched an injury-ravaged Waratahs 26-13 at a wet Eden Park on Friday to reach the Super Rugby semifinals.
The South African Football Association will pay R5-million for the trademark to the national team’s nickname, Bafana Bafana.
Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke lamented on Friday that Brazil put more value into winning the hosting rights than organising the World Cup.
Civil society groups walked out of a Kimberley Process meeting in a show of no confidence in the regulator after it lifted a ban on Zimbabwe diamonds.
Buyers, sellers and estate agents should welcome the Property Transaction Kit, which may keep transactions in line with the Consumer Protection Act.
A team of experts will begin investigations on Friday into the deaths of five premature babies at the Jubilee Hospital in Hammanskraal.
A cellphone used by Osama bin Laden’s courier appears to show he was aided by militants linked to Pakistani intelligence, it has been reported.
US regulators are poised to launch a formal investigation into whether Google has abused its dominance on the web, according to reports.
The sentences of the so-called Reitz Four have been reduced by the Bloemfontein High Court, it was reported on Friday.
A Taiwanese woman was ordered to compensate a noodle shop Tw$200 000 ($7 000) for defamation after criticising the store.
Renegade soldiers are suspected of having raped more than 150 women and girls during a new rampage in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo this month.
No talking, no tweeting and no travel for a year — these are some of the conditions of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei’s release.
A major earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday 172km east of Atka, Alaska, at a depth of about 40km.
Innovative environmental strategies that improve business performance — Winner: <b>Imperial Logistics</b>.
There is an easy way to reduce the budget deficits of both developed and developing countries that is fair to the rich and painless to the poor.
Writer, performer and director James Cairns will have the premiere of his play, <em>Sie Weiss Alles</em>, at the National Arts Festival.
With the proliferation of social media, it will become increasingly difficult for states to hide atrocities, writes <b>Joseph Dana</b>.
An online resource to spread knowledge about South Africa’s arms deal scandal.
Former education and water affairs minister Kader Asmal knew better than most that sticking to one’s principles is not easy in a political system.
I am glad that nominations for the managing director of the IMF have closed without an African being nominated, writes <b>Tawana Kupe</b>.
The ANC Youth League has caused panic with its economic transformation proposals, which it insists will soon be adopted as ANC policy.
There’s a weightlifting area in my gym, not just the rows of dinky handweights by the stretching mats, but the bit with the squat cage.
Two weeks ago, Zapiro commanded our attention with a cartoon suggesting a second bad government move.
The president has the constitutional and legal authority to extend the term of the chief justice if he so wishes.
President Jacob Zuma has declared a period of national mourning for the late Kader Asmal, who will receive a state funeral, the Presidency says.
Defence contracts allegedly showing evidence of bribery in the arms deal have been released by the Democratic Alliance.