The Democratic Alliance and the Independent Democrats have taken the first tentative steps towards a possible coalition at national level.
Former Australia captain Stirling Mortlock signed for the Rebels on Wednesday in a major boost for the new Super 15 team and the Wallabies.
An explosion damaged a building in which South African Airways offices are located in Maputo, Mozambique, on Tuesday.
Two blasts, one set off by a suicide bomber, rocked Kizlyar in Russia’s Dagestan region on Wednesday, killing at least nine people.
Manchester United paid the price for not controlling possession in their 2-1 defeat by Bayern Munich but the Champions League tie is still wide open.
The world’s unquenchable thirst for clean water drove a record increase in the desalination of seawater and reuse of sewage last year.
White farmers whose land was seized under Zimbabwe’s land reforms have claimed a house owned by Robert Mugabe’s government in South Africa.
Web users across China on Tuesday reported that all standard searches on Google’s Hong Kong-based website had been blocked.
The controversy around the singing of freedom songs shows people have not dealt with the country’s history, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
Caster Semenya, the world 800m champion, on Wednesday claimed she would return to competition this season and accused the IAAF of damaging her career.