A landslide in eastern Uganda after heavy rains killed at least 45 people and hundreds are feared missing, Uganda’s disaster minister said on Tuesday.
The abductors of a South African citizen in Nigeria had not made contact with any authorities by Tuesday morning.
Dick Muir is set to ring in the changes for the Lions’ match against the Brumbies, with Deon van Rensburg and Carlos Spencer ruled out.
Polling booths at a pop concert and on public transport: Dutch officials are trying novel ways to entice voters to cast ballots in municipal polls.
SA’s total industry new vehicle sales increased by 20,5% year-on-year to 39 312 units in February, Naamsa said on Tuesday.
Beer sales are expected to rise by up to 6% during the 2010 Soccer World Cup, South African Breweries said on Tuesday.
The Ospreys are free to take their place in the European Cup quarterfinals after they were cleared of fielding an ineligible player.
President Barack Obama announced on Monday he was extending US sanctions on Robert Mugabe’s regime for another year.
Former Australian prime minister John Howard was on Tuesday named as a candidate to lead the sport internationally from 2012.
Aid pledges poured into Chile on Monday after the government made its first requests for help as the death toll from the earthquake reached 723.
General Motors is recalling 1,3-million compact cars in North America to address a power steering problem that has been linked to 14 crashes.
New book claims Polish journalist, who died three years ago aged 74, repeatedly crossed the boundary between reportage and fiction-writing.
Even before his plane lands on British soil for his state visit on Tuesday, President Jacob Zuma has made an impact on British politics.
Debut of comedian’s NBC sitcom received withering reviews from United States media and was mocked by viewers on Twitter.
Attackers kidnapped a South African sports journalist and two Nigerian colleagues on a bus in south-east Nigeria on Monday, their employer said.
Busa backed the urgent need for a World Bank loan to Eskom as a part of a larger borrowing programme by the power utility.
Transport officials will look into reports that several newly-built bridges and roads in Limpopo have been washed away.
Antiretrovirals have almost eliminated Aids in the West. It’s for this very reason that they will not defeat HIV in developing countries.
Author Victor Munnik speaks about his book Peak Poison: The elite energy crisis and environmental justice.
Author Sihle Khumalo speaks about his book Dark Continent, My Black Arse
Phillippa Yaa de Villiers speaks about her book Taller than Buildings.
<i>City Press</i> has challenged ANCYL president Julius Malema to take legal action if he truly believed a newspaper reporter faked his signature.
The old South African flag has been banned from Cape Town’s 2010 soccer stadium, along with items such as tear gas and pointy umbrellas.
Peter Harris talks about his book In a Different Time.
Nicholas Southey talks about his book Hidden Histories.
As part of the Meet the Author series Mcebisi Ndletyana, editor of African Intellectuals in 19th and 20th Century South Africa talks about the book.
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As part of the Meet the Author series Gerald Kraak, author of Ice in the Lungs talks about his book.
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Ten questions from Higher Learning about new-generation institutions.
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Troops fired tear gas and imposed a curfew on Monday to stop looters running off with trolley-loads of goods from the wreckage of Chile’s quake.