New York - To mark the second annual Nelson Mandela International Day, the United Nations is encouraging people around the globe to perform 67 minutes of public service - one minute for every year of the South African leader's own service to humanity.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated Charl Schwartzel on winning the US Masters Tournament against the best in the sporting world of golf at Augusta in the US at the weekend.
In a statement on Monda
Tokyo - Japan's nuclear safety agency announced on Tuesday that it has raised the severity level of the accident at the crippled Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant to 7, the worst on an international scale, from the current 5.
Tokyo - One month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern and eastern regions of Japan, thousands of people remain missing and workers at a crippled nuclear power plant are still struggling to regain control.
Pretoria - Amaglug-glug have qualified for the second round of the 2012 London Olympic Games after playing to a goalless draw in the second leg against Libya on Saturday night.
Due to political unrest in L
Cape Town - South Africa may be the new kid on the block when it arrives at next week's Bric summit in China, but the country has much to offer as a gateway to Africa with one of the strongest financial sectors in the world, and with its tradition of independent decision making it's not likely to be swept aside by the summit's bigger members, say analysts.
Pretoria- President Jacob Zuma will lead a high-level South African delegation to the Third BRICS Summit to be held in China on 14 and 15 April.
The summit will be held under the theme Broad Vision, Shared
Rio de Janeiro - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has asked the nation to observe a minute of silence to pay respect to the victims of a campus shooting at Tasso da Silveira school in Rio de Janeiro, on Thursday.
Rio de Janeiro - Brazilian police confirmed the Thursday school shooting in Rio de Janeiro has shot about 10 people dead and injured at least 15 others.
A gunman entered a school on Thursday and opened fire, acc
Beijing - An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter Scale hit near the east coast of Honshu of Japan at 10:32 p.m.
