It is worrying that correctional services is refusing to adhere to the principle of accountability in the case of Schabir Shaik’s parole.
At least 15 people were killed on Tuesday and another 60, including a government minister, were wounded in a suicide bombing in southern Sri Lanka.
From Colombia, Peru and Bolivia through Mexico and on to a half dozen West African states, the new cocaine supply route is leaving a trail of mayhem.
Morgan Tsvangirai is expected to return to Zimbabwe on Monday after undergoing tests in Botswana following the accident that killed his wife Susan.
More than 100 Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed in two days of fighting in Sri Lanka as they tried to break a military stranglehold.
President Omar al-Bashir is to travel to Darfur on Sunday, in his first visit since the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest.
Russian media poked fun at Hillary Clinton on Saturday after she gave her Russian counterpart a "reset" button with an ironic misspelling.
The JSE edged into positive territory by noon on Friday supported by steady resource stocks and gold miners.
Israeli leaders and military commanders deemed by Iran to be "war criminals" should be executed, a senior cleric said in a Friday prayer sermon.
The Moscow city legislature is considering a Bill that will rein in the flourishing industry of self-styled wizards and psychic healers.
A senior Turkish journalist was arrested on Friday for suspected involvement in an alleged plot to overthrow the country’s Islamist-rooted government.
General Motors (GM) on Thursday warned it would go bust within 30 days unless the US Treasury swiftly gives it a further multibillion-dollar loan.
The US and other countries are urging Sudan to reverse its decision to expel aid groups who help vulnerable populations throughout the country.
It is simply not good enough for Ngconde Balfour to bluster that he has applied his mind, and show us all his familiar middle finger.
ON CIRCUIT: <i>New in Town</i>, starring Renée Zellweger and <i>Watchmen</i>.
The JSE was flat by noon on Thursday weighed by weaker European markets.
This week’s attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan brought swift condemnation from around the world.
A bulldozer driver was shot dead on Thursday after he rammed his vehicle into an empty bus and a police van in Jerusalem.
Executives at listed Chinese companies last year saw their pay grow about twice as fast as the profits of the companies they manage.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged Sudan not to expel foreign aid agencies after an arrest warrant was issued for President Omar al-Bashir.
While on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, each morning I enjoyed a 39 peso (R26) buffet at a pleasant family-run restaurant.
Sri Lanka’s foreign minister says he can’t rule out the chance that Tamil Tigers were involved in the attack on his country’s cricket team in Lahore.
South African stocks extended gains by noon on Wednesday, with resource and gold counters firmly leading the upside.
Uganda’s army announced on Wednesday the capture of a commander of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army.
Guinea-Bissau’s main opposition party has warned of unrest as it criticised the "haste" in which the Parliament speaker was named interim leader.
The Jo’burg Art Fair is an annual art extravaganza presented by First National Bank.
Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic refused to plead to genocide charges on Tuesday at the UN’s Yugoslav war crimes court.
Young male lizards in South Africa imitate females to fool aggressive older males into leaving them alone.
Gold stocks continued to lead the downside as the JSE remained in the red by noon on Tuesday.
United Nations peacekeepers are worried by a military build-up along the Sudan-Chad border, a top official said on Monday.
The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize aims to reward the best Commonwealth fiction written in English by both established and new writers.
South Africa is considering granting credit lines for neighbouring Zimbabwe, President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Monday.