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U.S.casts doubt on credibility of Iranian election Reuters - 30 minutes agoTEL AVIV (Reuters) - The United States on Friday called into question the credibility of Iran's presidential election next month, criticising the More »
- Media industry dragging feet on transformation BD Live - 53 minutes ago
Media needs to hasten its pace of transformation so all cultures in the country have a voice, says Media Development and Diversity Agency CEO More »
- Minister confirms SA troops placed in Congo after CAR battle BD Live - 1 hour 2 minutes ago
President, defence minister in firing line over deployment of soldiers to eastern Congo, allegedly without informing Parliament More »
- Exclusive: Malaysia tycoon plans IPO of football club Cardiff City - sources Reuters - 1 hour 20 minutes ago
By Yantoultra Ngui KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian billionaire Vincent Tan is exploring an IPO of British football team Cardiff City for as early More »
- Burundi Q1 trade deficit widens to $197.3 million Reuters - 1 hour 25 minutes ago
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Burundi's trade deficit widened to $197.3 million in the first quarter from $131.4 million in the same period of 2012 as More »
- HSBC urges acceleration of banking reform Reuters - 1 hour 26 minutes ago
LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC's Chairman Douglas Flint said on Friday the pace of reform in the banking industry must be accelerated to avoid investor More »
- Co-op Bank stops lending to new corporate clients Reuters - 1 hour 30 minutes ago
By Matt Scuffham LONDON (Reuters) - The Co-operative Bank has stopped offering loans to new business customers, part of measures designed to quell More »
- Academics back BP's fight to cap oil spill payouts Reuters - 1 hour 30 minutes ago
By Andrew Callus LONDON (Reuters) - A group of accountancy professors is backing BP's fight to cap the U.S. oil spill compensation payouts it has to More »
- Google in talks to buy sat-nav start-up Waze for $1bn BD Live - 1 hour 53 minutes ago
Israeli start-up Waze seeks more than $1bn and is fielding expressions of interest from parties also including Facebook More »
- Ugandan leader removes army chief named in succession plot claim Reuters - 2 hours 19 minutes ago
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has removed his head of the military Aronda Nyakairima, and moved him to More »
- UK may be three quarters of the way through debt purge - Fisher Reuters - 2 hours 21 minutes ago
CARDIFF (Reuters) - Britain may be as much as three quarters of the way through the process of working off the high debt levels which have weighed on More »
- Syria opposition struggles to forge transition plan before talks Reuters - 2 hours 21 minutes ago
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syria's divided opposition leaders have failed to back a plan by their outgoing leader for President More »
- BA plane makes Heathrow emergency landing after engine fire Reuters - 3 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - A British Airways plane travelling from London to Oslo was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow on Friday after a More »
- Rosy China growth forecasts fade on further signs of slowdown Reuters - 3 hours ago
By Koh Gui Qing BEIJING (Reuters) - As evidence mounts that China's economy is losing momentum, economists are fast abandoning their rosy recovery More »
- Cosatu considers legal options to continue protest against e-tolls BD Live - 3 hours ago
No freeway go-slow on Friday morning after Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court dismisses Cosatu’s application for motorcade More »
- ANC, DA election battle goes digital BD Live - 3 hours ago
Two parties extensively employing social media and other digital platforms in bid to capture crucial youth vote ahead of next year’s election More »
- Parliament ‘not told of Congo deployment’ BD Live - 3 hours ago
President Jacob Zuma and Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula in the firing line over deployment of soldiers to eastern Democratic Republic of More »
- Marikana proceedings moving at a snail’s pace BD Live - 3 hours ago
Lawyers concerned it may take eight months to hear testimonies, write Setumo Stone and Ernest Mabuza More »
- Sasini's profits lifted by higher tea and coffee sales Reuters - 3 hours ago
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan tea and coffee producer Sasini reported a 61 percent rise in its first-half pretax profit on Friday, which it said was More »
- Kenyan shilling firms as end-month dollar demand wanes Reuters - 3 hours ago
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan shilling firmed early on Monday, lifted by banks cutting their dollar positions ahead of the weekend as end-of-month More »
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‘Significant’ wage gap fans fears of sugar strike
Fears of a wide-ranging strike in sugar industry are high, with employers describing gap between their latest More »
BA plane makes Heathrow emergency landing after engine fire
LONDON (Reuters) - A British Airways plane travelling from London to Oslo was forced to make an emergency More »
South Sudan says war crimes court persecutes Africans
By Hereward Holland JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir said on Thursday his country would More »
Cosatu considers legal options to continue protest against e-tolls
No freeway go-slow on Friday morning after Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court dismisses Cosatu’s application for More »
No go for Cosatu e-toll go-slow
E-toll protesters to meet at Cosatu House after court refuses to grant permission for Gauteng freeway More »