Banyana Banyana held their own in the second half of their opening match at the Olympic Games, but couldn’t close the gap in their 4-1 loss to Sweden.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe says the national executive committee will study a report on the Limpopo textbook saga at its lekgotla this week.
It is unlikely that many of the ANC’s policy proposals on state intervention in the mining sector will come to fruition, a business leader has said.
South Africa’s leading batsmen have climbed the latest International Cricket Council rankings, with four of the top six coming from the Proteas.
Former police chief Jackie Selebi has apparently been receiving state dialysis at a public hospital, while a terminally ill woman was turned away.
The Olympic governing body says it was forced to include a horse rider in the SA contingent, two days after its lone equestrian entry was withdrawn.
Claims that the state helped plan a right-wing coup through agents working for it has been rejected in the Boeremag treason trial.
Parliamentarian Natasha Michael says the Democratic Alliance has asked public protector Thuli Madonsela to investigate two Transnet pension funds.
SA has been ranked 40th out of 105 countries in the Global Food Security Index, with the US on top and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the bottom.
SA’s netball umpires are making their mark internationally, with two appointed to officiate top-level international competitions in the months ahead.