A Botswana union leader said on Friday that his arrest on assault charges was part of government attempts to end the civil service strike.
The Libyan regime has rejected calls from the G8 world powers for strongman Muammar Gaddafi to step down and will only deal with the African Union.
The suspected leader of an extremist Hutu militia was arrested in eastern Congo after years on the run, a Congolese official said on Friday.
President Zuma is worried that comments made by ANC leaders are alienating minority voters and urged the party to engage in "serious introspection".
The battle for the Fifa presidency was thrown into further turmoil on Friday as a probe was opened into alleged corruption by president Sepp Blatter.
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Fifa announced they have opened an investigation into Sepp Blatter as the corruption scandal gripping world football took another extraordinary twist.
In a <i>Sunday Times</i> article, Deputy Judge President Phineas Mojapelo, cautioned the government against the appointment of Chief Justice Ngcobo.
South Africa needs profound transformation in the agricultural sector to ensure that people’s needs come first.
Sudan’s army has seized an oil-rich border region in what southern Sudan described as a declaration of war.
Member of the ANC, <b>Bongane Ndamase</b>, responds to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s opinion piece.
India’s prime minister and dozens of business leaders began trade talks in Ethiopia as the Asian giant strives to catch up with China.
Police are searching for an elderly woman who allegedly persuades young men at a mall to help carry heavy bags from her car, then robs them.
US President Barack Obama has signed into law a four-year extension of controversial counter-terrorism search and surveillance powers.
If you want to make an insurance claim, or claim the cost of repairs from the third party, gather as much information as possible.
Highest number of bond approvals recorded last month since October 2008.
Within hours of the unveiling of "Google Wallet" on Thursday, eBay and PayPal filed a lawsuit charging that Google tapped into trade secrets.
The cost of operating Gauteng’s toll roads may be as high as R14-billion — more than the R6.22-billion the roads agency said it would cost.
The revolutionary spirit is reignited at graduation ceremony.
Joe Wright’s self-conscious assassin movie <em>Hanna</em> is too boring to be a proper thriller and too goofily hectic for anything grander than that.
SARChI is a flagship initiative of Government designed to attract and retain excellence in research and innovation at South African universities.
Many analysts and news reporters, both at the SABC and in the private media, have emphasised how the 2011 municipal elections were "business as usual"
A new species of cockroach, the world’s only known jumping cockroach, has been discovered in the middle of Cape Town’s Table Mountain National Park.
Ratko Mladic’s first appearance before the Serbian war crimes court has been halted so that doctors may assess his mental and physical fitness.
A Congress of the People faction aligned to party co-founder Mosiuoa Lekota has ruled out forming any local council coalitions with the ANC.
Curried Celluloid, a celebration of Indian cinema, returns to the Bioscope with <i>Dev D</i>.
Unless drastic action is taken to reduce unemployment, South Africa risks facing another 1976 uprising, says Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi.
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Internet giants, including the bosses of Facebook and Google, have called on countries at the G8 to guarantee free Internet access to their citizens.
Libya’s PM says his government has asked the UN and AU to prepare and monitor a ceasefire, but ruled out the departure of strongman Muammar Gaddafi
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The ANC’s Parks Tau has been appointed as the mayor of Johannesburg, the city said on Thursday.