Shabangu: Violence can’t be a tool
Violence and murder cannot be used to coerce people to join a union, Mineral Resource Minister Susan Shabangu said.
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Wall Street drops on uncertainty
US stocks fell for a third day, putting indexes on track for their first negative week since mid-April.
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‘Argentine case a challenge’
The New York legal case over Argentina's debt poses a deep challenge to all future sovereign debt restructurings.
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Swiss-China trade deal on horizon
Switzerland and China could sign a landmark free-trade agreement as early as July.
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Sharks get new stadium sponsor
The Sharks announced a new five-year partnership with Growthpoint Properties Limited, the new naming rights sponsor for Kings Park Stadium.
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Fernandes takes blame for QPR drop
Tony Fernandes pleaded guilty to naivety on Friday and said he had let his heart rule his head with Queens Park Rangers in the Premier League last season.
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Rain prevents play at Headingley
Rain meant there was no play on the first day of the second and final Test between England and New Zealand at Headingley.
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Inter fires Stramaccioni as coach
Inter Milan reportedly fired coach Andrea Stramaccioni, five days after ending in ninth place in Serie A.
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Zetas suspects admit killing US agent
Three men have pleaded guilty in US federal court for the 2011 killing of a US immigration and customs agent and the attempted murder of a second agent.
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Two arrested after Pakistan plane diverted
British police arrested two men on a Pakistan International Airlines plane after British fighter jets were scrambled to escort it to a London airport.
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DA seeks meat imports probe
The public has a right to know whether various imported meat products, including water buffalo, donkey and horse meat, are "potentially harmful", the DA said.
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‘Pleasure executives’ brief MPs
Parliament's joint committee on HIV/Aids met with sex workers and rights activists to gauge their views on how to prevent the high level of HIV infection.
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Police minister welcomes Victoria Phiyega
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has welcomed Mangwashi Victoria Phiyega as the new National Commissioner of Police. Die minister van polisie, Nathi Mthethwa, het die aanstelling van Victoria Phiyega as die nuwe kommissaris van polisie verwelkom.
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City Press gives in to Zuma picture request
City Press editor Ferial Haffajee says the publication will remove the picture of the controversial portrait by Brett Murray from its website, which depicts President Jacob Zuma in an offensive manner. Die redakteur van die City Press, Ferial Haffajee, sê die koerant gaan die foto van President Jacob Zuma van sy webtuiste verwyder “om uit die spervuur te bly”.
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Zuma lawyer in tears
After a heated argument with the defence, the advocate presenting the ANC’s case on why the “offensive” painting of Jacob Zuma in the Goodman Gallery should be removed broke down into tears and the case was postponed. Die advokaat wat die saak stel om die naakportret van Jacob Zuma uit die Goodman Galery te verwyder het vanmiddag in trane uitgebars en die hof het die saak uitgestel.
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Full bench hears Zuma painting case
A full bench of the South Gauteng High Court is already in session to hear an African National Congress (ANC) application regarding the portrait depicting President Jacob Zuma in an offensive manner. ‘n Vol bank van die Hooggeregshof in Gauteng hoor die saak aangaande die “naakportret” van President Jacob Zuma en honderde ANC ondersteuners wag buite die hof.
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