The way claims were instituted between 2006 and 2010 and then neglected shows President Jacob Zuma was not serious about them, says a report.
Several people have been killed in separate suicide bomb attacks in Niger that showed the fight against militants was spreading across West Africa.
Parliament will probably debate the deaths of initiates at the end of the month, says the ANC chief whip’s office.
The world is becoming an increasingly dangerous place for those on the move or uprooted from their homes by violence and persecution.
A home affairs department official has allegedly manhandled Cape Argus photographer David Ritchie and forced him to delete pictures off his camera.
David Cameron has convened an emergency meeting after two extremists hacked a soldier to death with meat cleavers in a south London street.
President Jacob Zuma has expressed shock and outrage at the deaths of 27 boys who attended initiation schools in Mpumalanga.
This week marks the 50th year since the founding of a continent-wide organisation that spearheaded efforts to liberate Africa from colonial masters.
Barack Obama will renew his failed vow to close Guantanamo Bay and argue his drone war is legal and just.
IMF chief Christine Lagarde has arrived in court to be questioned by a French magistrate over her role in a €285-million arbitration payment.