The Nkandla homestead appears to have been declared a national key point and thus subject to blanket secrecy.
In Nkandla, among those who live virtually in the shadow of the presidential compound, its status as a national key point is effectively meaningless.
Pauline Masuhlo’s family will have to wait to discover whether the circumstances surrounding her death will be uncovered by the Farlam commission.
Car bombs tore through Syria’s second city Aleppo on Wednesday, leaving dozens dead, as shells from the conflict crashed into neighbouring Turkey.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe is the ANC Youth League’s choice for the position of ANC president, it has announced.
For the 10% of South Africans that do not have access to piped water, diarrhoea and other water-borne diseases are life-threatening.
Miners at Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen mine have gone on a wildcat strike – a fresh sign of escalating labour unrest in Africa’s largest economy.
Some ANC branches in KwaZulu-Natal want axed police commissioner Bheki Cele to be a member of the party’s national executive committee.
Retired judge Ian Farlam has adjourned the commission of inquiry into the Marikana massacre until October 22.
Axed England batsman Kevin Pietersen is set to play international cricket again after reaching an agreement with the England and Wales Cricket Board.