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/ 9 November 2010
Qantas Airways is reviewing the way it operates its A380 planes after last week’s engine blowout, a source said on Tuesday.
Cosatu has welcomed the decision by a United Kingdom auditing body to launch a new investigation into South Africa’s arms deal.
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/ 8 November 2010
Since the sixth century BC ancient literature has recorded the treatment of disease with a stone needle.
The skipper of a reportedly hijacked yacht off the Seychelles was safe aboard a EU warship but the whereabouts of the other crew members were unknown.
Renowned photographer João Silva, who was injured in a landmine blast, is undergoing several operations in Washington, friend Greg Marinovich said.
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/ 8 November 2010
Five workers were kidnapped and two others injured on Monday at an oil rig just off the coast of Nigeria’s troubled southern delta.
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/ 8 November 2010
Cosatu voices their anger over Mpumalanga premier David Mabuza’s decision not to consult them on the provincial executive reshuffle.
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/ 8 November 2010
Finance union Sasbo filed papers with the Labour Court on Monday to obtain an urgent interdict against Standard Bank retrenching staff.
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/ 8 November 2010
Two boys suspected of drugging and raping a Johannesburg schoolgirl have been arrested, the Gauteng education minister said on Monday.
Initial results show former Guinea PM eCllou Dalain Diallo holds a firm lead with 73% of the vote against opposition rival Alpha Conde.
Any agency probing the arms-deal matter would be assisted in their investigations if it is requested, national police said on Monday.
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/ 8 November 2010
Opposition leaders in Côte d’Ivoire closed ranks on Sunday behind the remaining challenger to President Laurent Gbagbo in the presidential race
Mbeki’s elitist views inspired a generation to better themselves — and sealed his downfall.
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/ 8 November 2010
Pakistan are investigating reports that wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider went missing hours before their ODI against South Africa in Dubai on Monday.
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/ 8 November 2010
Banyana Banyana are just 90 minutes away from reaching a place in the 2011 women’s Soccer World Cup.
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/ 8 November 2010
A statement from the Polisario Front said Morocco’s King Mohammed VI comments "interfere with efforts to settle the conflict".
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/ 8 November 2010
The new traffic demerit system will negatively effect owners of company vehicles and their drivers, a consultant said on Monday.
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation on Monday was trying to confirm whether two people taken hostage were South African.
<b>Andile Mngxitama</b> says Gareth Cliff is the poster boy of post-1994 racism and the ANC is happy to burnish his image.
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/ 8 November 2010
Three boys accused of drugging and raping a Johannesburg schoolgirl have not been arrested yet, the provincial education department said.
The United States has offered to remove Sudan from its terror list early to keep a January referendum that may partition the country on track.
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/ 8 November 2010
A policeman rampaged through three bars in a central Kenyan town, killing 10, looking for a woman who infected him with HIV.
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/ 8 November 2010
Since escaping underground dungeon, they have experienced everything from marriage proposals to planned film depictions.
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/ 8 November 2010
Supporters of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei gathered for a party at his condemned studio in Shanghai on Sunday, as he remained under house arrest.
Australian airline Qantas discovered anomalies on three Airbus A380 engines and is keeping its fleet grounded.
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/ 7 November 2010
US law enforcement authorities have issued an extradition request to South Africa for Nelson Mandela’s son-in-law, Isaac Kwame Amuah.
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/ 7 November 2010
A police officer attached to Kenya’s provincial police shot 10 people dead at several bars in a small town north-east of Nairobi.
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/ 7 November 2010
Jenson Button escaped unharmed following an armed attack on the car carrying the reigning Formula One world champion.
In his battle against Barack Obama, the incoming speaker faces Democratic attacks over his closeness to Washington’s power brokers.
Alliance partners in the ANC, SACP and Cosatu brushed aside any suggestions of a split at a meeting in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday.
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/ 6 November 2010
Airlines cancelled flights to and from Jakarta on Saturday, affecting carriers from Europe to Asia, because of ash from the Mount Merapi volcano.
SA is "concerned" about the US Federal Reserve’s decision to pump more money into the economy as it would negatively affect developing countries.