Trifecta: a horseracing bet in which a punter has to predict which horses will finish first, second, third in exact order. These guys won every time.
Fixed-line operator Telkom reported a 35% drop in full-year profit, hit by expenses from its new mobile venture and job-cuts.
Public Works Minister Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde has announced a moratorium on all new property deals to allow a clean-up operation in her department.
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, who is running for chief of the International Monetary Fund, won the backing of Egypt and Indonesia.
Tom MacMaster’s wife has confirmed that he is the real identity behind the <em>Gay Girl in Damascus</em> blog.
Twelve people died and 34 have been injured in a fire at a home for the mentally challenged and the elderly in Springs, early on Monday morning.
Photos of a smiling Gabrielle Giffords have been posted on her Facebook page, the first images to be released since she was shot in the head.
South African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday launched Africa’s biggest free trade bloc aimed at enhancing cooperation between 26 nations.
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SA has been referred to as the global capital of rape. More recently we’ve become the international headliner for "corrective rape".
Popular yoga guru Swami Ramdev on Sunday called off his eight-day-old hunger strike to denounce corruption.
Jamaica’s Steve Mullings edged American Tyson Gay in a photo-finish in the men’s 100m at the New York Diamond League meeting on Saturday.
Leaders launch talks on Sunday to create the continent’s biggest free-trade bloc, a $875-billion market to boost the region’s economic profile.
Queensland Reds coach Ewen McKenzie will be forced to look to local club rugby to bolster his play-offs-bound squad.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi warned that SA could become a "banana republic", and threatened to repudiate Jacob Zuma’s leadership.
Classified diplomatic cables from Jerusalem to foreign embassies outline plan to mobilise against United Nations recognition.
Around 4 600 Syrians have fled a brutal crackdown against pro-democracy protesters and are staying in camps in southern Turkey.
A doctor from the Tygerberg Hospital Burns Unit in will in September receive international recognition for her contribution to burns research.
Southern and eastern African countries are moving toward a free trade agreement that is about development, opening borders and dropping tariffs.
Tom Carter’s hat-trick kept the Waratahs in line for a Super Rugby play-off spot, beating the Highlanders 33-7 in Sydney.
We profile three of the Mail & Guardian’s top 200 young South Africans for 2011. This is the definitive list of young people who are making waves in various industries.
Have a look at excerpts featuring ANCYL president Julius Malema in the documentary Mining for Change: A story of South African Mining.
The Canterbury Crusaders seized control of the New Zealand conference when two tries by Zac Guildford cemented a 23-16 win over the Auckland Blues.
The African Union peacekeepers say their forces are on high alert a day after a suspected suicide bomber killed the country’s interior minister.
Nelson Mandela has praised anti-apartheid heroine Albertina Sisulu as "the mother of all our people", in a statement at her funeral.
Hushed singing could be heard as African National Congress stalwart Albertina Sisulu’s coffin was wheeled into the stadium.
Mexico has said its beef doesn’t contain clenbuterol, hurting the defence of five suspended football players who tested positive for a banned drug.
The halftime break for the 2011 rugby Tri-Nations championship will be extended from 10 minutes to 12 minutes to help teams prepare for the World Cup
Mining company Exxaro has been granted a temporary interdict prohibiting workers from striking over restructuring plans at the company.
Police have denied shooting rubber bullets and teargas at protesters from two helicopters on Friday night in Noordgesig, Soweto.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she’s not after the top job at the World Bank after reports she wants to be the institution’s next head.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, has paid a courtesy visit to President Zuma ahead of a SADC summit that will consider the future of SA’s neighbour.