Americans have been warned to exercise due care and diligence when visiting South Africa. The US state department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security released a report that includes a travel advisory note to US t...
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After being ordered by the constitutional court to announce an election date no later than the end of July, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has settled on the last day of July. According to media reports on ...
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Edward Snowden – a former employee of America’s Central Intelligence Agency and currently employed by the country’s National Security Agency – faces criminal charges for reportedly leaking details of a ...
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The story of the outspoken lecturer who called Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe “a rotten old donkey” was widely reported on in the media this Saturday. Chenjerai Pamhiri is employed by the Great Zimbabwe...
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World-leading platinum group, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) has given in to political pressure, resulting in a delay in its announcement of a restructuring plan that aims to leave 6000 miners jobless. Ampla...
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Now that the hype has died down a tad, and the TV channels at our workplaces have been set back to MTV instead of CNN, the Boston Bombing incident appears to be, at least to South Africans, “old news...
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The BRICS summit in Durban last month stirred much positive discussion on how South Africa stands to benefit from this elite group. However, now that the excitement of the summit has died down a little, it may ...
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The extradition hearing of Shrien Dewani in connection with his wife Anni Dewani’s murder is set to resume in July. This comes after the Westminster Magistrate’s court hearing in London heard yesterday that...
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The ‘Iron Lady’ is no more. Margaret Thatcher was 87 years old when she died of a stroke on Monday. While the rest of the world greeted this news with disbelief, a few hundred residents gathered in Geor...
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This week, South Africa can look forward to a visit from United States president Barack Obama, marking the American leader’s first visit to the nation since he took office in 2009. However, South Africa is not entirely united on the terms of the statesman’s reception as the government extends a friendly welcome while many communities and organisations within the country oppose his arrival. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has openly confirmed its disapp... Read more »
