For one seven-year-old and his family, Oscar Pistorius is an inspiration, a role model, hero – and incapable of murder, whatever the evidence may be.
SA’s latest inflation figures, manufacturing updates from China and housing data from the US are some of this week’s big items on the data diary.
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State security says it has no knowledge of the Vavi report and is sure South African intelligence agencies were not involved in its creation.
A farmer who claims to be 123 years old has attributed his long life to an ancient Andean diet of quinoa grains, mushrooms and coca leaves.
Helen Zille and Patricia de Lille say the Western Cape government will use R6-million of the province’s education money to help fight gang violence.
Cezanne Visser, dubbed "advocate Barbie", has been released on parole, says the correctional services department.
Oscar Pistorius will in March go on trial for shooting and killing Reeva Steenkamp. But authorities have not confirmed if he will face more charges.
In a nation long plagued by military coups, the question of who will replace Pakistan’s all-powerful army chief has taken on new urgency this year.
Rugby’s new scrum law could simply see the crooked feed replace the collapse as the source of contention.