Vladimir Putin has insisted he favoured dialogue with Russia’s protest movement but said this was impossible as they had no leader nor programme.
No image available
/ 28 December 2011
The ANC Youth League has expressed their sadness at the lost of national executive and working committee member Vusi Mhlongo on Christmas Eve.
No image available
/ 28 December 2011
South African soccer hit a few snags in 2011 and the rise in the dominance of Orlando Pirates remained one of the biggest positives of the sport.
President Jacob Zuma has given up on his bid to appeal a court ruling that found his appointment of Menzi Simelane as head of the NPA was invalid.
Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger says his team didn’t take advantage of the pending twists at the top of the Premier League table in their draw against Wolves.
South Africa’s Kevin Anderson has pulled out of the tennis season’s opening Brisbane International ATP 250 event due to a niggling knee injury.
The transport minister agrees it is unlawful to confiscate drivers’ licences on the spot, but remains set on forcing reckless motorists off the road.
Six children and an adult have been hurt in a blast at an Arabic school in Nigeria, after deadly Christmas Day attacks on churches around the country.
Disgraced former police commissioner Jackie Selebi will be kept "indefinitely" in the medical wing of a correctional services facility.
No image available
/ 28 December 2011
Zimbabwean police have arrested the owner of the boat that capsized on Christmas Day, killing 11 children, on charges of culpable homicide.