Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday his government would not join US peace talks with the Taliban until they were led by Afghans and would suspend negotiations with the United States on a troop pact.
Economic growth in the first quarter of 2013 remained subdued due to contraction in the manufacturing sector, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) said on Wednesday.
Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has filed an urgent application with the country's top court to push back crucial elections by two weeks, his justice minister said Wednesday.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday his government would not join US peace talks with the Taliban until they were led by Afghans and would suspend negotiations with the United States on a troop pact.
The Democratic Alliance will propose urgent amendments to the Labour Relations Amendment Bill in a bid to reopen debate on provisions that appear to be concessions to Cosatu, it said on Wednesday.
A total of 27 goals in Edinburgh over the last seven days suggests that the forwards and set-piece specialists had success aplenty in the four-Test series between Scotland and the South Africa women’s hockey team.
Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba says state-owned companies need new ‘resource mobilisation’ strategies as ‘funding from financial markets has shrunk’
British actor Daniel Radcliffe won plaudits this week for a new stage role as a bullied Irish cripple that takes him a critical step further away from his days as boy wizard Harry Potter.
Actor Edward Furlong has been charged with assault after a May 21 incident in which his girlfriend called police and reported he attacked her.
Veteran rockers The Rolling Stones will be playing for over two hours at this year's Glastonbury festival it has been revealed.
Sunday Times is giving twenty lucky readers plus their partners the chance to attend the 'reincarnated' star studded 'Kings Of Chaos' concert happening at Sun City and at the Grand West in Cape Town.
Knysna resident Andre van Zijl hopes to raise awareness of HIV/Aids by sitting in a jacuzzi at Fourways Mall in Johannesburg for a record 300 hours.
Pregnant women who take an iron supplement twice a week receive the same health benefits as expectant mothers who take a daily dose of the essential mineral, new research showed Tuesday.
Top Italian chefs are clamouring for the resignation of a junior minister who dismissed the country’s cuisine as a poor copy of trendy French cooking, poking a sore spot in a long-held kitchen rivalry between the two nations.
A tiny Samoan airline says it will introduce an “XL” class for super-sized passengers, featuring extra-wide rows and special ramps to help them reach their seats.
After initially defying federal regulators, Chrysler abruptly agreed Tuesday to recall some older-model Jeeps with fuel tanks that could rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions.
Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it now has 1 million active advertisers globally who used the platform in the last 28 days, a milestone for the company that is seeking to revive its revenue growth.
The Times Editorial: Freedom of speech, which is protected in our law books, seems to have been disrespected in our parliament. In recent days, we have witnessed parliamentarians abusing this right and turning parliament into a beer hall.
I can't imagine what it must be like to be Nelson Mandela right now. Tired, sick and very advanced in age.
The Times Editorial: Freedom of speech, which is protected in our law books, seems to have been disrespected in our parliament. In recent days, we have witnessed parliamentarians abusing this right and turning parliament into a beer hall.
Nigella Lawson, beautiful, clever and rich, is not the sort of woman we expect to be hit by her husband. And yet, here we are, gawking at photographs that apparently show Charles Saatchi with his hands around the heroine's throat - and her obvious, chilling terror.
The continuing e-toll dispute and the vast waste of time, energy and money to fight a government decision that should never have been made are sure signs that we have in the ANC administration a government that does not care about us.
Ramphele has all the right qualities to be that leader.
South Africa needs you just as we needed Madiba.
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