Zambia’s former president, Frederick Chiluba, has been cleared of corruption charges in a case that had accused him of embezzling public funds.
A man vying for the title of New Zealand’s most incompetent criminal left his name and contact details with a shop before robbing it and fleeing.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is relying on ethnic affiliations for a crucial victory in Pashtun heartland, but the Taliban have threatened voters.
Parallels can be drawn between the constitutional crisis of the 1950s and the recent controversies involving the judiciary.
Space experts tell US President Barack Obama that Nasa will have to scrap lunar and Mars missions without a big increase in budget.
Bill Clinton’s successful negotiations for the return of two US journalists have put North Korea in the news.
Eskom on Thursday confirmed that a wage agreement had been reached with representative unions, thereby averting a threatened strike.
President Jacob Zuma first 100 days have been a baptism by fire. There have been service-delivery protests and strikes, coupled with the recession.
Property managers in China have turned to butter in their battle against burglars as an alternative to repairing their broken surveillance system.
Anglo American on Thursday said it had sold its 49,5% stake in sugar producer Tongaat Hulett for R523-million to unnamed investors.
The online encyclopedia has almost hit three million articles in English, but has become a battleground for warring editors.
Hillary Clinton threw up more controversy on Wednesday night when she appeared to equate US democracy with Nigeria’s corrupt election system.
A group of Chinese women who travelled to South Korea for cosmetic surgery baffled immigration officers on their return home with their new looks.
The Khmer Rouge’s main jail chief told a war crimes court on Wednesday he would like the "strictest level of punishment" — even death by stoning.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics and younger sister of former president John F Kennedy, has died at the age of 88.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics and younger sister of former president John F Kennedy, has died at the age of 88.
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called for the arrest and punishment of those responsible for the widespread sexual violence in the DRC.
No matter where she goes, it seems that Hillary Clinton cannot quite escape the international shadow cast by her husband.
Aides of tribal chief deny he was killed in drone strike, while military says meeting to pick his successor turned into shoot-out.
Schools and hospitals returning to life. Food in the supermarkets and queues at the tills. Investors flying in and refugees coming home.
Things have moved on since the days when the greatest threat to the music industry was teenagers furtively slipping blank tapes into ghetto blasters.
Iran’s police chief admitted on Monday that protesters who were arrested after June’s disputed presidential election had been tortured.
Greek police arrested a Bulgarian safecracker early Sunday who was trapped for two days inside an Athens bank vault
Exiled Burmese nationals in Bangkok on Saturday called for democracy at home as they marked the 21st anniversary of the 1988 uprising.
The government of the war-torn DRC is racking up fines of $20 000 a week in a case brought by a New York-based vulture fund.
Police National Commissioner Bheki Cele’s bullish stance on crime stats is not only wrong, it’s wrong-headed.
Amnesty for Marc Ravalomanana is set to be a key issue for Madagascar’s political rivals on Friday as a third round of crisis talks got under way.
President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday insisted he alone took all the decisions in the run-up to Russia’s war with Georgia.
Twenty-four hours after President Jacob Zuma’s visit to Balfour, mayor Lefty Tsotetsi received another unannounced visit: from the <i>M&G</i>.
Industrial engineering is the perfect career for those who enjoy solving practical problems in a wide variety of working environments.
Five leading business schools tell the <em>Mail & Guardian</em> how their programmes are responding to the global economic crisis
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