About 600 workers have downed tools to demand higher wages at the Royal Bafokeng Platinum Mine, near the Lonmin mine where 44 people died last week.
Legendary All Black Jonah Lomu, treated twice for renal problems recently, says although he feels better, he expects to undergo another transplant.
Three Westerners, including a South African man, abducted nearly nine months ago by al-Qaeda in Mali have urged their governments to help free them.
Just 10 days after Nasa’s Curiosity rover sent back photos of the Martian landscape, the agency wants to take a better look beneath Mars’s surface.
Dropped star batsman Kevin Pietersen is facing showdown talks with England skipper Andrew Strauss next week as he tries to rescue his career.
Burmese authorities have faced criticism from rights groups after deadly unrest between Muslim Rohingya and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists.
Iran has dismissed Israeli threats of an imminent attack against it, explaining that such a "stupid" act would provoke "very severe consequences".
Valerie Adams said she was delighted to win gold after her rival was disqualified but felt cheated by not receiving the medal in front of a crowd.
Negotiations are under way for cricket-mad sprint king Usain Bolt to play in Australia’s domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League.
Three Swedes behind the so-called "teddy bear" stunt in Belarus have been called to appear before the Belarus KGB.