The online charity auction for the right to name South Africa’s most recently discovered flower species has already drawn a bid of R60 000.
A report that former president Thabo Mbeki was involved in the formation of Cope was a "misinterpretation", a Unisa professor said on Thursday.
The failure of the DA to remove prosecutions boss Menzi Simelane has cleared the way for him to focus on his duties, the government said on Wednesday.
Weakest Link presenter Fiona Coyne has died, it was reported on Wednesday.
A <i>Sunday Times</i> journalist was arrested for fraud and defeating the ends of justice on Wednesday.
Foreign nationals fearing renewed outbreaks of xenophobic violence reportedly continued to seek transport out of Cape Town on Tuesday.
A US academic told the <em>M&G</em> on Tuesday that Pik Botha would not have known about discussions with the Israel regarding nuclear weapons.
It was reported on Thursday that at least nine South Africans died when a Libyan plane crashed while landing on Wednesday morning.
A Libyan plane arriving from SA crashed on Wednesday at Tripoli airport, killing all 105 people on board, it was reported.
At least two people died and others were critically injured when a Rovos Rail train derailed in Pretoria on Wednesday, paramedics said.