With perfect timing and dramatic moves, an American performer with the stage name of Hot Lixx Hulahan has captured an international rock guitar award.
World oil prices edged lower on Friday on profit-taking, after bumper gains the previous day as a crisis deepened between Russia and the West.
Negotiations on power-sharing to end Zimbabwe’s crisis may be endangered if President Robert Mugabe unilaterally convenes the new Parliament.
Have a little money saved up? Why not take a new kind of tour — to peruse the bank-seized properties of homeowners fallen on hard times?
ON CIRCUIT: <i>Prom Night</i>, starring Brittany Snow and <i>Redbelt</i>, with Chiwetel Ejiofor as a jujitsu instructor who needs to get out of debt.
Speculation has been rife following the bizarre sword killing at a school in Krugersdorp this week.
Sony will launch a new PSP in October with a high-resolution screen and a built-in microphone that enables it to be used as a telephone.
Gold miner DRDGold has announced the appointment of a CEO-designate in anticipation of the termination of CEO John Sayers’s contract.
South African clothing and grocer retailer Woolworths on Thursday reported a 10% decline in diluted headline earnings per share (HEPS).
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has expressed sorrow at the death of Zambian leader Levy Mwanawasa, one of his most outspoken critics.
Ruth First Fellowship winner and photographer Alon Skuy explains how he interpreted the theme of this year’s Ruth First lecture.
Marine shipping firm Grindrod on Wednesday reported a 95% jump to 242,8 cents in headline EPS for the interim period to June.
There was a time when higher education was the last bastion of a moral order within a self-interested society.
Former British glam rocker Gary Glitter was freed from a Vietnamese prison on Tuesday after serving two years and nine months for child abuse.
The mayor of an Australian outback mining town has come under fire for urging unattractive women to move in, assuring them they will find a man.
Companies are not exempt from the transformation agenda mandated by our Constitution. The Bill must recognise that openness.
Given the demand for mining engineers in the country, if you are one of this year’s Grade 12s, you should consider a career in mining engineering.
Barack Obama piled up nearly $8-million in fundraising in a single night, as anticipation built over his looming choice of White House running mate.
From avant-garde couture to wispy romantic ready-to-wear, SA’s growing viability as a new fashion frontier was paraded in Cape Town this weekend.
Spanish fashion chain Zara has expanded rapidly in recent months to overtake US rival Gap and become the world’s largest clothing retailer.
The Department of Public Enterprises responds to what it calls inaccuracies about the airline’s capitalisation.
Children from China’s dominant Han population represented Tibetan and other ethnic groups in the Olympic opening ceremony, an official said.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh used his Independence Day speech on Friday to warn Pakistan to rein in terrorism.
Oil prices fell further on Friday on the prospect of reduced energy demand because Europe’s main economies are shrinking, dealers said.
In a one-party dominant state like SA, officials with political aspirations that suit the ANC are allowed to ride roughshod over our hard-won values.
ON CIRCUIT: <i>Meet Dave</i>, starring Eddie Murphy as an alien, and <i>WsZ</i>, a serial-killer horror knockoff of the Saw franchise.
The hot topic of transformation in sport boiled to the surface again this week, somewhat predictably in the domain of rugby.
Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) on Thursday reported a 9,1% increase in revenue to R2,8-billion for the year ended March 2008.
Absa has launched a no-card ATM service, CashSend, aimed at servicing both banked and unbanked South Africans, the bank announced on Thursday.
Unit two of the Koeberg nuclear power station has commenced generating electricity, Eskom said on Thursday.
Simmer and Jack Mines said on Thursday that an accident at its Buffelsfontein mine in North West has claimed the life of one mine worker.
An Australian woman has taken revenge on her cheating husband by auctioning his mistress’s "huge" panties and his "size small" condom packet on eBay.