Today
Party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses 30-year majority
With more than 99 per cent of votes counted, the once-dominant ANC had received just over 40 per cent in parliamentary elections – well short of the majority it held.
- Gerald Imray and Mogomotsi Magome
May
Nelson Mandela’s party set to lose majority in seismic election
South African voters have watched the economy stagnate over the past decade, while unemployment and poverty have climbed and infrastructure has crumbled.
- Bhargav Acharya and Anait Miridzhanian
April
The rare earths mine becoming a bellwether for US minerals policy
China is home to 70 per cent of rare earths mining and 90 per cent of processing capacity. Tackling this dominance has become one of Washington’s strategic priorities.
- Harry Dempsey
‘Hardest Geezer’ finishes 16,300km run across 16 countries in 352 days
Briton Russ Cook had hoped to jog the length of Africa in 240 days, the equivalent of more than a marathon every day. Sandstorms and robberies intervened.
- Mehdi El Arem
