What is meant to be a public process may end up behind closed doors as documents at the commission have not been declassified, adding to its problems.
From bloated salaries to floods of statements once a year, Verashni Pillay despairs of the department of women, children and people with disabilities.
The Muslim Brotherhood has rejected pleas from international envoys to "swallow the reality" that Mohamed Morsi will not return as Egypt’s president.
The world’s first laboratory-grown beef burger has been flipped out of a petri dish and into a frying pan.
New pastel portraits by American singer Bob Dylan will go on show for the first time at London’s National Portrait Gallery next month.
Jacob Zuma has enacted the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Bill, which will promote social and economic inclusion, says the presidency.
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union has denied supporting Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi’s apology for an extra-marital affair.
Helen Zille is sticking to her defence of Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga despite the criticism that has been volleyed against her.
Zimbabwe’s stock market has plunged on the first trading day since confirmation of President Robert Mugabe’s landslide election victory.
Zimbabwe’s defeated presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai has prepared to mount a legal and political challenge against the "sham" election.