Lawyers described the government’s contention that SA judges sent to Zimbabwe in 2002 on a confidential diplomatic mission as "nonsense on stilts".
The first One&Only hotel to open on South Africa’s shores is in the heart of Cape Town. We share our experience of the five-star accommodation and of course, the famous restaurants Nobu and Maze, as part of our <a href="http://www.mg.co.za/3city">Three City Tour</a>.
France coach Raymond Domenech opted on Monday not to call-up a replacement for Lassana Diarra to his squad for the Soccer World Cup.
The buying signals are back in the market, but with the current levels of financial uncertainty it is best to err on the side of caution.
The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union on Monday issued secondary strike notices to several port-related companies, an official said.
Carlos Alberto Parreira hailed his South Africa side despite seeing them held 1-1 by Bulgaria on Monday in a Soccer World Cup warm-up match.
Nasa has officially called it quits for the Mars landing craft <i>Phoenix</i>, two years after the stationary probe touched down.
Transnet will give all bargaining unit employees an across-the-board above-inflation increase on pensionable earnings, the parastatal said on Monday.
It was unlikely that the Israeli government formally offered nuclear weapons to SA in the apartheid era, former foreign minister Pik Botha says.
Israel never "negotiated the exchange" of nuclear weapons with South Africa, President Shimon Peres said on Monday.
Swiss volunteers have whipped up the world’s biggest tiramisu weighing 2,3 tonnes, regaining the record they lost to a group of French bakers in 2009.
<b>M&G</b> staffers review this week’s latest releases, from MGMT to Dave Rawlings’s solo offering.
The <i>M&G</i> has brought a court application against the World Cup’s local Organising Committee over its refusal to release tender documents.
As we approach the end of our six-year pregnancy as a country, it’s difficult to avoid the pride, nerves and nationalism that come with imminent birth
<b>Stephen Gray</b> takes the plunge and surveys South Africa’s natural hot springs and mineral spas.
The Springbok selectors named a match 22 boasting 531 Test caps on Saturday for the match against Wales in Cardiff on June 5.
Pioneer Food Group on Monday posted a drop in first-half headline earnings, which will also lower full-year earnings.
The National Press Club has called for a meeting between Jonathan Shapiro, the <em>M&G</em> and Muslim leaders to discuss a controversial cartoon.
Metrorail trains will be running in Gauteng from Monday following a strike that left thousands of commuters stranded nationwide last week.
Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo, on a Yamaha, won the French Grand Prix, the third race of the season, on Sunday to cement his lead in the MotoGP championship.
The Congress of the People in the Western Cape has named Mbhazima Shilowa as its candidate to lead the party.
South Africa eased to a 66-run victory over West Indies thanks to centuries by Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers and some aggressive bowling.
The Bulls will play their second consecutive Super 14 final at home after beating the Crusaders 39-24 in the historic match at the Orlando Stadium.
A Zapiro cartoon has angered Muslims and the SA Muslim Judicial Council has called on its followers to express their condemnation.
The ANC’s investment arm, Chancellor House Holdings, has acquired a 75% stake in the Maloma Colliery in Swaziland, Cosatu said on Friday.
Eric Schmidt on Friday said he suspects suppressing criticism is a factor behind the move to block YouTube in Pakistan in the name of Islam.
Soweto closed down its most famous road on Friday for a street party outside Nelson Mandela’s former home to mark 20 days until the World Cup.
The United States, Europe and rights groups expressed outrage and alarm on Friday at Malawi’s jailing of a married gay couple.
Stagflation is a Seventies word, but it feels like a very South African condition in the 21st century.
As the party readies itself for its national congress at the end of the month, both this external challenge and a number of internal ones confront it.
In 2007 Barack Obama commemorated a civil rights march on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, on a day seen as the true launch of his presidential campaign.
The UN’s top human rights official has condemned the sentencing of two gay men in Malawi as "blatantly discriminatory".