Limpopo province saw 239 babies born on Christmas day, says the provincial health department.
Now fit after an ankle injury, Morné Morkel has taken the only wicket on the first morning of the final Test between India and South Africa.
South Korea has slammed North Korea for issuing a "rude" questionnaire that urged President Park Geun-Hye to choose between peace and confrontation.
The SACP has planned to hold a memorial service for late ANC MP and SACP member Crosby Moni over the weekend.
A limestone burial box, typical of first century Jerusalem, has been found with words chiselled on side: "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus".
After a deadly attack by rebels in DRC’s Kamango, SA helicopters in the UN intervention force have helped the country’s troops take back the town.
This year’s holiday spirit seems to have been dimmed in Zimbabwe by its worsening economic situation marked by company closures and job losses.
Christmas for Iraq’s remaining Christian community means celebrating behind blast walls and barbed wire.
Edward Snowden has warned of the dangers posed by a loss of privacy in a message broadcast to Britain on Christmas Day.
In his first message as Roman Catholic leader, Pope Francis has called for an end to the crisis in South Sudan, saying everyone should be peacemakers.