Deportivo La Coruna defender Ze Castro was the only casualty for Portugal on Tuesday as coach Carlos Queiroz announced his final World Cup squad,
Chile coach Marcelo Bielsa has omitted defender Roberto Cereceda from his final 23-man squad for the Soccer World Cup.
Premier Wen Jiabao took said this week that any clash could have serious reverberations for the region, not least his own country.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter said on Wednesday he hopes Nelson Mandela will attend the opening of the Soccer World Cup next week.
Cope’s parliamentary leader on Wednesday refused to comment on whether he would resign from his post due to the turbulence in the party.
Ever since Chinese doctors first poked their patients with sharp objects 4 000 years ago, acupuncture has been shrouded in mystery.
Up to 4 000 nurses and administrative workers at Netcare, Africa’s biggest private hospital group, launched a strike over pay on Wednesday.
Alberto Contador said he has a clearer idea of how to defend his Tour de France crown after reconnoitering key mountain stages in this year’s race.
The e.tv/AWB "Don’t touch me on my studio" debate has been given the thumbs-up by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission.
Eskom swung to a full-year profit from a record loss last year due to higher electricity demand and power tariffs.
South Africa’s total industry new vehicle sales increased by 35,3% year-on-year to 39 176 units in May.
Conflicts on the African continent must be resolved as they hinder development, President Jacob Zuma said in France on Tuesday.
Mozambican police on Tuesday emphatically denied the existence of terrorist training camps in the country following claims published in a newspaper.
Israel has bowed to pressure and has released a South African journalist held after Monday’s raid on a ship trying to break through the Gaza blockade.
A virtual thieving spree could have real-life consequences for culprits in Finland.
Banks on Tuesday welcomed Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s decision to make the banking sector more competitive through transparency.
The World Cup would bring South Africans together to create the kind of country that Nelson Mandela would have wanted, Danny Jordaan said on Tuesday.
Google is reported to be getting rid of desktop PCs running Microsoft Windows across the corporation to eliminate a security risk.
Ethiopian opposition parties have rejected parliamentary elections which gave Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s ruling coalition a majority last week.
Mining operations in Africa could be driving the whole continent’s tuberculosis epidemic, a new Oxford-led study has found.
The government has summoned the Israeli ambassador to demand the release of a SA journalist held after a raid on a ship in Israel on Monday.
Theo Walcott was the shock casualty as England coach Fabio Capello named his final 23-man squad for the World Cup on Tuesday.
Cosatu has threatened to pull out of an alliance with the ANC if the ANC persists with disciplinary charges against Cosatu leader Zwelinzima Vavi.
Israel found itself isolated on the global stage on Tuesday as world leaders demanded a swift probe into its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
An artists’ union on Tuesday said it was mobilising a boycott of the World Cup kick-off concert to protest the large number of international artists.
France will help African countries combat piracy, terrorism and drug-trafficking, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday.
We take the Taste of Soweto Tour, a culinary exploration of local food and drink in Joburg’s biggest township. Along the way we meet cooks, bakers, pub owners and many other entrepreneurs in the community. Get a sense of local culture as we visit a traditional beer shop, Oom Bolo’s kitchen and Soweto’s first wine shop.
The ANC would not be drawn on Tuesday on whether it had discussed charging Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi over comments he made on Cabinet ministers.
It is only a matter of time before Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is arrested on war-crimes charges, the chief prosecutor of the ICC has said.
Former Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota has filed an application in the Johannesburg High Court in a bid to hold on to his position as leader.
A woman died from horrific burns after a man set her alight at an Australian petrol station on Tuesday.
SA’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell for the third consecutive month to a seasonally-adjusted 51,1 in May from 55,2 the previous month.