The Seriti commission, tasked with investigating the arms deal signed in 1999, is set to begin with witnesses from the department of defence.
Thirty-thousand workers across South Africa have brought several plants to a standstill in pursuit of a 14% annual wage increase.
SADC has called for the West to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe as it sealed its approval of his election victory.
The Constitutional Court has dismissed an application for the state to provide financial aid to the miners arrested and injured at Marikana last year.
"Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius’s trial for premeditated murder has been set to start on March 3 2014 at the North Gauteng High Court.
MTN has suspended one of its executives over alleged links to Dina Pule’s telecommunications indaba scandal, says a report.
Lindsay Lohan has told Oprah Winfrey that she just needs to "shut up and listen" as her ideas of what works have not helped her in the past.
Same-sex couples say "I do" as New Zealand becomes the first Asia-Pacific country – and only the 14th in the world – to legalise gay marriage.
British authorities have over the weekend detained the partner of a journalist with close links to former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Egypt’s hardline military leader has warned against further protests in the country as the EU prepares to hold talks on the crisis.