The union federation may have a solid history but the Marikana crisis shows it is struggling to remain legitimate and attract younger members.
Police have used rubber bullets and teargas to disperse a group of people gathered near Anglo American Platinum in Rustenburg.
France has stepped up security and appealed for calm after a magazine published naked cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that risks fanning outrage.
In the land of playground politics, Julius Malema can do no right. He’s on the run in more ways than one, and the Pimples couldn’t care less.
DJ, producer and jazz pianist Mark de Clive-Lowe says he was chasing a girl when he first came to London from New Zealand in the late nineties.
Cosatu’s conference is over, its leadership unchanged and Mangaung lies ahead. Watch our weekly live video featuring your questions and our reporters.
Real Madrid has scored twice late in an electrifying finish to beat Manchester City 3-2 to open the Champions League group stage.
President Jacob Zuma has called on the European Union to partner with South Africa and invest in the country’s infrastructure development project.
Former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers says by making the national team too white, black South Africans were being alienated from the sport.
Expelled ANCYL leader Julius Malema has promised he will return to the ANC, regardless of the outcome of its national elective conference in Mangaung.