SA’s nose may still be out of joint over Libya and Cote d’Ivoire, but US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit is unlikely to spark any friction.
Disgraced former police commissioner Jackie Selebi is at home again after a brief stint in hospital this week.
Gold medallist Chad le Clos has withdrawn from the final of the 200m individual medley at the London Olympics, to concentrate on the 100m butterfly.
Job growth has stagnated while the ANC dithers over how it will implement economic policy to spur flagging employment trends in South Africa.
The political wilderness is proving to be rather fertile territory for expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema.
Pressure has continued to mount on Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga as the ANC Youth League formally called for her resignation.
Analysts have warned the DA’s goal of 8% growth is not possible – at least, not in terms of the opposition party’s proposed economic growth plan.
Despite claims to the contrary, the ghost of former prime minister Hendrik Verwoerd lives on in South African society, says Nickolaus Bauer.
They’ve been told to bring home 12 Olympic medals, but experts and athletes say the intense pressure heaped upon Team SA is unfair, "almost suicidal".
Former president FW de Klerk has called on all South Africans to be more politically active to combat the ANC’s national democratic revolution.