Deepening rifts between ANC members in provincial regions could create a crisis for the ruling party, say political analysts.
Sport has helped many people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to focus and build their self-esteem, writes Patrick Barkham.
A study has shown that a ban on smoking in restaurants does not affect business negatively.
What once started as an Afrikaans rock festival is now teeming with people of all shapes and hues, writes Nickolaus Bauer.
Mali’s interim president Dioncounda Traore has "renewed his confidence" in controversial transition prime minister Cheick Modibo Diarra.
Australia’s prime minister, Julia Gillard has announced a sharp reversal in her government’s policy on asylum seekers on Monday.
Anyone who has visited the Olympic Park will not have missed the ubiquitous branding of two of its sponsors, McDonald’s and Coca-Cola.
A man at Lonmin’s Marikana mine in the North West has been killed – the third death resulting from union violence there.
A pro-government TV station in Syria has said that one of its cameramen who was kidnapped three days ago is believed to have been killed.
Former Friends star Jennifer Aniston is engaged to marry her actor and screenwriter boyfriend Justin Theroux, People has reported.