A rocket salvo from the Egyptian Sinai, an area where militants have operated in the past, struck Israel’s and Jordan’s Red Sea ports on Monday.
Expensive imports and aid remain out of reach for 12-million people facing country’s worst food crisis in years.
It has been accused of proliferating pointless babble online and the 20-billionth message on Twitter will have done little to rebut such criticism.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said on Sunday the death of his sister had robbed him of one of his allies in his fight against colonial-era rule.
Eighteen elderly people were killed and several others injured when a fire broke out at an old age home in Nigel, paramedics said on Monday.
Haunted by a revealing photograph from your drink-mad office party posted on Facebook? Berated by an ex-lover on a blog posting?
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation is taking seriously the farming of creepy-crawlies as nutritious food.
Israeli aircraft bombed a smuggling tunnel and a militant training camp in the Gaza Strip on Sunday after a rocket was fired into Israel.
The All Blacks ripped apart the Wallabies 49-28 to take control of this year’s Tri-Nations series at the Docklands stadium on Saturday.
India’s cricket chiefs on Saturday endorsed New Zealand’s Alan Isaac as the next vice-president of the world governing body.
Footballers subjected to six-hour excoriation on stage for "betraying" North Korea and Kim Jong-il’s son and heir.
President Jacob Zuma has delegated Public Service Minister Richard Baloyi to intervene in the dispute between Siphiwe Nyanda his director general.
Three Kenyans have been charged with the bomb attacks that killed more than 70 soccer fans watching the World Cup final.
Annual NACI symposium on the Leadership roles of Women in Science, Technology and Innovation
SA’s trade account swung back into surplus in June, partly boosted by a backlog of exports resulting from a transport strike the previous month.
A media tribunal would be an "imposition" on media freedom, press ombudsman Joe Thloloe warned on Friday.
President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Friday that France would strip the French nationality from foreign-born criminals who use violence against police.
The government of Zimbabwe has failed to build houses for victims of mass evictions five years ago, a human rights group said on Friday.
Parties to submit bids for Appointment of a service provider to produce the Annual Financial Statements
<i>Panic For Democracy</i> does not take the debate forward: it sadly adds to the crudity of economic discourse.
Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has congratulated Helen Zille for suggesting a 50/50 equity share scheme between farmers and workers.
Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab militants have called for worldwide attacks on the embassies of Uganda and Burundi.
The price of all grades of petrol will drop by 10 cents per litre on Wednesday next week, the Energy Department said on Friday.
The Open Society Foundation for South Africa invites you to the launch of the Open Society Monitoring Index.
The government will not budge from its offer of a 6,5% wage increase to the public-service sector.
The University is seeking Expressions of Interest from potential services providers who wish to offer their services to the University of Zululand.
Sir Ian McKellen is in Cape Town to perform in <i>Waiting for Godot</i>. <b>Brent Meersman</b> caught up with him.
There is hope that under new leadership telecoms giant Telkom will turn the corner.
Five days in October have been set down for trial in the murder case against Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye and co-accused Kenneth Tshabalala.
From a nostalgic local rock release to Irish-Mexican sounds, we review this week’s latest releases.
Israel must lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip and invite an independent, fact-finding mission to investigate its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
The four former University of Free State students known as the "Reitz Four" have each been sentenced to a R20 000 fine or 12 months imprisonment.