Julius Malema’s attempts to politically capitalise on the Marikana mine shooting continued on Thursday at Grootvlei gold mine on the East Rand.
Team South Africa bagged their first gold medal of the London Paralympic Games when Natalie du Toit won the women’s 100m butterfly S9 final.
Students from the Dagbreek men’s residence at Stellenbosch University have offered an unusual apology to the country for its involvement in apartheid.
Tony Blair has delivered a speech on the need for innovation while poking fun at Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s refusal to attend the leadership summit.
The 270 arrested Lonmin miners face murder charges related to the deaths of 34 of their colleagues in line with "outdated" apartheid law.
Malema visited Aurora mine on Thursday to lambaste Zuma and Ramaphosa, and encourage miners not to go to work on Monday.
ANC chief whip Mathole Motshekga has denied that the ANC in the NCOP endorsed a call on the government to hold back on a loan to Swaziland.
Activists and academics say the Marikana shootings are part of a sustained pattern of intimidation and violence against the workers.
The Democratic Alliance has laid criminal charges against those responsible for preventing 16 000 pupils from attending school for three months.
Personnel records of members of Nigeria’s top spy agency – including home addresses and names of family members – have been leaked onto the internet.