President Robert Mugabe has launched his re-election campaign with a warning that Zimbabwe could withdraw amid demands for a free and fair vote.
Russian former spy Anna Chapman has offered to marry former contractor for the NSA Edward Snowden, who is stuck without documents in a Moscow airport.
Protesters were left disappointed outside the Western Cape High Court when it emerged judgment was not expected in the school closures case.
The AU has suspended Egypt from all its activities after the Egyptian military overthrew elected president Mohamed Morsi, says an AU official.
COMMENT: An unexpected interpretation of a new Act runs counter to the move for greater transparency.
Schools keep pass rates up by limiting subject choices – sacrificing our poorest pupils’ futures, says Martin Prew.
Moves to discredit Equal Education tend to mobilise civil society rather than weaken it, writes Faranaaz Veriava.
Standard Bank Young Artist winner for performance art Anthea Moys took on a football game against the City of Grahamstown.
An Australian women’s group has defended ousted prime minister Julia Gillard, saying she had battled "gross disrespect" while in office.
In "Don’t victimise rape victims" (May 31), Kwena Moloto argued that South Africans needed a "radical change of attitude regarding sex crimes".