Defending champions the Bulls looked set for a home play-off after skipping five points clear at the top of the Super 14 standings this weekend.
On World Press Freedom Day, reporters are being asked to observe a minute’s silence for the 1 500 journalists killed in the last 14 years.
Sadly, there is no cure for megalomania. But venture capitalists ought to start funding the search for a cure, because it’s costing a lot of money.
Lack of depth came back to haunt the Sharks when they were trounced 33-3 by the Blue Bulls in the Vodacom Cup semifinal on Saturday.
India opened their Twenty20 World Cup campaign with a comfortable seven-wicket win over debutantes Afghanistan on Saturday.
The Cheetahs dashed the Auckland Blues’ Super 14 semifinal hopes with a 36-32 victory at the Free State Stadium on Saturday.
Nine people were injured in two separate incidents when gunmen opened fire on Rea Vaya buses in Soweto, police said on Saturday.
Ministers who do not meet their performance targets may not necessarily be removed from their positions, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday.
Zimbabwe’s government has reduced its registration requirements for media organisations and journalists operating in the country.
Peter Grant kicked 27 points and Jaque Fourie scored two tries, one a spectacular effort, to help the Stormers stay second in the Super 14.
The Greek prime minister, George Papandreou, on Friday called the country’s austerity programme a matter of national survival.
Madagascar’s main political rivals failed to strike a deal on Saturday to end nearly 14 months of political uncertainty on the Indian Ocean island.
Resolve the ownership issue urgently and let’s get on with living peacefully together.
Sweet 16 and already showing signs of strain; that is the mood that hangs over South Africa in the month we celebrate the first democratic elections.
The structure of SA’s economy has remained unchanged for a long time, but how it should be reformed is debatable.
Madagascar’s rival leaders on Friday haggled over election dates and a proposed amnesty for ousted president Marc Ravalomanana.
SA’s trade account recorded a surplus of R460-million in March, compared with a R5,7-billion shortfall in February.
The UN Security Council on Thursday extended for another year its mission in Sudan and tasked it with additional responsibilities.
A French warship destroyed a pirate "mother ship" and 11 Somalis were seized in an anti-piracy operation off the Somali coast.
Controversial SA Quantum is at centre of pension fund fraud involving an education union.
ANC heavyweight Cyril Ramaphosa and former Eskom chairperson Bobby Godsell were appointed to the National Planning Commission on Friday.
The retail prices of petrol will increase by 14 cents a litre for all grades on May 5, the Department of Energy announced on Friday.
The <i>M&G</i> and amaBhungane’s Adriaan Basson are taking the 2010 Fifa World Cup LOC and its boss, Danny Jordaan, to court –
Former police boss Jackie Selebi spent R56 000 on one day at an upmarket clothing store in Sandton after he was elected president of Interpol.
The AWB has submitted a map outlining the area of its proposed whites-only volkstaat…
Economist <b>Dawie Roodt</b> takes a closer look at what is driving South Africa’s currency.
In a major coup for online media, local giants News24 hit the two million mark on local users for the first time in the industry on Thursday.
Greece’s government was on Thursday night engaged in desperate negotiations to thrash out what is expected to be the largest bail-out in history.
Mary Metcalfe, director general of higher education and training, read out this declaration at the end of last week’s two-day summit in Cape Town.
Sarcasm and arguments between former police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi and prosecutor Gerrie Nel were the order of the day on Thursday.
Madagascar’s political rivals lock horns over the formation of a unity government on the second day of talks over the island’s political crisis.
Australia will force tobacco companies to adopt plain packaging, removing all colour and branding logos within two years.