The Man Booker prize is awarded for the best original full-length novel, written in English, by a citizen of the Commonwealth, Ireland or Zimbabwe.
The "Bin Laden report" is the result of an investigation by a commission appointed by the Pakistan government into the slaying of Osama bin Laden.
The M&G has obtained a copy of the submission by the National Union of Metalworkers to facilitators conducting an inquiry into the problems in Cosatu.
The word comes from the French, meaning to look or watch over (veiller; to watch or keep watch, as in a sentry; sur: over or above)
The day on which black South African school pupils rose up against "Bantu education" is now celebrated as Youth Day.
The practice, which entails the removal of part or all of the foreskin of the penis, is widespread among Southern Africans as an initiation rite.
GunPolicy.org estimates that there are six million guns in South Africa, roughly 12 for every 100 people.
Resource nationalism is having a direct effect on commodity prices, making them more volatile and threatening global security.
The earliest records of New Year festivities go back to the Babylonians about 4000 years ago.
December 25 was also traditionally the birthday of the Persian god Mithra, known as the Sun of Righteousness and Lord of Light.