The Greek Cabinet has approved the severe austerity budget plan demanded by the EU and IMF as a condition for help taming its massive debt.
The DA will honour struggle hero Kader Asmal by defending the Constitution, says DA leader Helen Zille.
Kader Asmal sacrificed much for freedom and democracy, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.
Kader Asmal recognised the importance of sport and did a lot of significant work for cricket, Cricket SA said on Wednesday after learning of the ANC v
Sudanese troops have arrested six UN staff of southern origin as they were being relocated from the flashpoint northern state of South Kordofan.
Former education minister and ANC veteran Kader Asmal has died, aged 76, the party’s secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Wednesday afternoon.
Kader Asmal was one of the ANC’s foremost intellectual giants, the ANC said after the ruling party veteran’s death on Wednesday.
An indigenous tribe which has had no contact with the outside world has been located in Brazil’s Amazon near the Peruvian border.
Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane has agreed to meet the Sanef to discuss the deteriorating relationship between media and the government.
Former education minister and ANC veteran Kader Asmal has died, aged 76, the party’s secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Wednesday afternoon.
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, detained since April, has been released on bail, according to reports from state media.
MTN Group, Africa’s largest telecom group, said on Wednesday it has topped 150-million subscribers across 21 countries.
The IEC is one of 36 public organisations worldwide to receive the UN Public Service Award for its innovative use of a results slip scanning.
State employees in Zimbabwe have begun an indefinite strike, demanding a wage hike of 150% and action against militants targeting rural teachers.
Transocean has blamed BP for decisions that led to the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year.
The ANC Youth League has come out in support of government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi on Wednesday, saying the media were committed to false reporting.
A child who sustained brain injuries in an accident involving musician Jub Jub suffered from memory loss, a court heard on Wednesday.
There is nothing degrading to women in e.tv’s late night <em>Naked News</em>, says the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa.
More than 60 al-Qaeda prisoners have escaped from a south Yemen prison, prompting civil groups to accuse the government of organising the jailbreak.
The International Cricket Council has fined India’s Amit Mishra 10% of his match fee for showing dissent at an umpire’s decision.
Should the Reserve Bank keep interest rates unchanged in the short term? Economists say yes.
Germany, which has so far stayed out of the Libya conflict, says it is investigating crimes against humanity allegedly committed by Gaddafi’s forces.
Icasa has given four models for unbundling the fixed-line local loop, giving Telkom’s rivals access to the "last mile" of copper cable infrastructure.
The deadline for the ad hoc committee on the Protection of Information Bill to finish its work may be extended again.
The increase in SA’s consumer price index was 4.6% year on year in May from 4.2% year on year in April, Statistics SA has said.
The SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) is concerned at teachers bunking school to attend court cases involving Sadtu members.
<i>Diepsloot</i> could open much-needed discussion on whites writing about the black condition.
United States First Lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday urged young people in Soweto to use the legacy of SA’s liberation movement to fight modern ills.
Teachers at Zimbabwe’s state-run schools will begin a strike on Wednesday to demand a 150% salary increase.
Bidvest will buy 14.59% of Icelandic Water Holdings for $13.5-million, the Icelandic spring water producer has said.
Seacom has signed a master services agreement with a Mozambican service provider to provide access to the largest fibre-optic network in Mozambique.
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