Over 80% worried about price hikes

Over 80 percent of a sample of people surveyed felt the proposed electricity price increases will be difficult to cope with, research company TNS sayy.

Sudan opposition leaders detained

Sudanese police have reportedly detained three senior opposition figures in a crackdown against a planned protest.

DA's Bloom goes to court

The DA is to make an application to set aside proceedings in the Gauteng legislature that saw Jack Bloom suspended for making corruption allegations.

Chavez ally's brother linked to bank scandal

A top aide to President Hugo Chavez has resigned after the arrest of his brother in a banking scandal that has put Venezuela's socialist leader on the defensive.

Child snatchers terrorise Sudan

Girls and boys in south Sudan do not need bogeyman scare stories to make them behave: the child snatchers are real.

Child snatchers terrorise Sudan

Girls and boys in south Sudan do not need bogeyman scare stories to make them behave: the child snatchers are real.

Fake drugs trade on the rise

The trade in counterfeit medicines in the European Union has exceeded the body's worst fears, the European industry commissioner says.

Mob attacks man outside bar - report

A KwaZulu-Natal man is in a critical condition after a mob attack in Margate, according to paramedics.

No way out for BRT buses

The BRT buses in Joburg could not leave the depot as their route out is barricaded with rubble and burning tyres.

Jansen on racism

University of the Free State vice-chancellor Professor Jonathan Jansen has warned that "dramatic acts of leadership" are required to avoid racial conflagration.