BY AFP The west African country is racking up record harvests for cocoa and cashew nuts of which it is a top global producer....

Of the 10 southern African nations that have gained independence or escaped apartheid, eight are still ruled by the party that gained power. According...

BY NATASHA MARRIAN WHAT are the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) aiming to achieve with their chaotic entrance into Parliament, which has been hailed and...

BY RODRIGO CAMPOS Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe told the United Nations on Thursday his country is the target of “evil” actions that are hurting...

By Evan Pickworth NEW South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Thomas Moyane fired a warning shot against government overspending on Thursday, cautioning departments to...

By Andisiwe Makinana – The South African government did not hear from its Nigerian counterpart about the deaths of 67 South Africans during the...

By AFP –  The South Sudanese government said on Wednesday that it will not be expelling any foreign workers, reversing a policy announcement made...

By Carol Paton –  THE introduction of grade R in schools has had almost no effect on the learning progress of poor children, a...

By Amy Musgrave – Johannesburg – Calls for a moratorium on changes to retirement savings are growing, with NGOs now demanding action from the...

By Agency Staff – SIXTY-seven South Africans have died in the building collapse that occurred at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Nigeria,...

BLACK African youths have “regressed in terms of skills”, statistician-general Pali Lehohla said at the release of Statistics SA’s 20-year review of skills and...

BY NIREN TOLSI –  MINING company Lonmin continued paying out dividends to shareholders — sometimes more than R2bn in a financial year — despite...