Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has set out plans for a constitutional referendum in November and March elections after months of uncertainty.
Sudan and South Sudan have reached agreements on a demilitarised border zone and oil production but made limited progress on contested areas.
Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi has assigned himself the heavyweight role in the Middle East, saying civil war in Syria is the "tragedy of the age".
President Jacob Zuma says mining unrest will be resolved through negotiation and is not a symptom of inequalities surfacing 18 years after apartheid.
ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu says it will be a dark day for the country if expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema ever comes to power.
Ekurhuleni emergency services have been placed on high alert after violent protests by striking truck drivers resulted in injuries on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe says the death of Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi was as tragic as that of US ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens.
ANALYSIS: Despite assurances by his allies, there wasn’t a big turnout for Malema in Limpopo. And, as Mbeki learnt, it is the real numbers that count.
The South Durban basin could become a construction site for the next 40 years if all the city’s plans to expand the existing port are adopted.
A drive through Durban’s southern neighbourhood of Clairwood is a depressing affair. Trash is piled up in huge mounds on the sides of the road.