Single-use (made to be used once only) once represented carefree modernity but has come to symbolise polluted oceans

The Pan SA Language Board, Focal Points and Newsclip have chosen ‘land expropriation without compensation’ as SA’s word of the year

All eyes will be on how she represents America, after her husband Donald Trump referred to some African countries as ‘shitholes’

The government has been given 24 months to ’rectify the constitutional defects’ that prohibit marijuana use

Lego is trying to eliminate its dependence on petroleum-based plastics and build its toys entirely from plant-based or recycled materials

John McCain will be buried in a private ceremony in Annapolis to which Trump has explicitly not been invited

Grace Mugabe is being sued by lawyers who acted for her in a bungled $1.2m diamond-ring deal

Disgraced former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste emerged from hiding on Sunday, but only for a brief while

Ferrero, maker of the Nutella chocolate hazelnut spread, is in search of 60 tasters for its chocolate and hazelnut products

The digital currency has had something of a revival, with its value rising above $8,000 for the first time in two months

Nigeria, one of Africa’s wealthiest economies, has overtaken India as home to the greatest concentration of people living in extreme poverty

The big four accounting firms secured contracts worth millions from the European Commission over the past five years to advise on tax policy

A state in India is pulling plastic from the oceans to build roads, the World Economic Forum says

Saudi Arabia and Russia have pledged to raise their production of oil by 1m barrels/day

KPMG has been singled out for the poor quality of its work in the UK

Elon Musk delivered 1,000 flamethrowers to customers, the first batch of his stunt to fund The Boring Company