Johannesburg - Large parts of Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape were without power on Tuesday, the municipality said.

South Africa is considered an emerging economy, given its strong international trade levels and strength in natural resources. While it is still rebuilding from the apartheid era that ended in the 1990s, South Africa's economy is growing.

Desautels MBA students to hit the road to South Africa, aiming to learn and also raise money for causes

SOUTH Africa's board is demanding an expanded Super Rugby tournament from next year when the broadcasting rights have already been sold for a 15-team format up to 2015.

ORLANDO Pirates coach Julio Leal is excited at the prospect of returning to Port Elizabeth and impressed with the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium’s facilities for next weekend’s Caf Champions League match.

In the first conviction of its kind in SA, a woman has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars for the rape of a disabled teenage boy. The 45-year-old woman from Port Elizabeth raped the 13-year-old mentally disabled and physically handicapped teenager in Motherwell in 2009 .

South Africa's five Super Rugby franchises are turning up the heat on expanding the competition to 16 teams next year, clearly worried about their own futures.

Guinea will throw everything at Ghana today in an effort to stay alive in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations soccer competition. The Syli Nationale are on three points and need to beat the Black Stars to boost their chances of a place in the last eight on six points.

Gargiulo, 58, pleaded guilty in Trenton federal court yesterday to one count of using the mail in aid of commercial bribery.

THE SA Rugby Union (Saru) yesterday refuted reports that South Africa’s five franchises have threatened to boycott the 2013 Super Rugby season if any of the current five teams are excluded from the competition.