Do you know your Kazakhstan from your Kyrgyzstan? Read on to avoid singing happy birthday to a despotic ruler in this region.
The rand gained and bond yields fell to the lowest in two weeks on optimism as a pact between labour unions and mining companies will boost growth.
Sadtu says it will ramp up its mobilisation for the axing of Bobby Soobrayan, the director general of the basic education department.
Pupils triumph in the isolated farming town of Rietfontein near the Namibian border, writes Molly Blank.
A year since the discovery of a subatomic particle set the science world aflutter, evidence is mounting it may be the elusive Higgs boson.
As in tsotsitaal, the youth play with language – and in so doing help create a common culture, writes Ellen Hurst.
President Jacob Zuma’s international relations adviser Lindiwe Zulu has angered the Zimbabwe government by calling for elections to be postponed.
South Africa’s last apartheid president FW de Klerk is to be hospitalised to receive a pacemaker, says his spokesperson.
As the world’s thoughts turn towards Nelson Mandela, it is becoming clear that his wife too will take her place in history.
Exhibitions of works by artists from Sudan and Benin have reflected a step change towards Tate’s more globalised view of modern art.