Adriaan Strauss was summoned to replace the suspended Bismarck du Plessis on Sunday as SA announced John Smit was sidelined for the Tri-Nations.
A group called the Presidential Memorial Commission has submitted a petition to officials in a bid to have their proposal placed on the ballot.
Desmond Tutu on Sunday pleaded for unity among Anglicans as a gay bishop said it was a ”mistake” to bar him from their 10-yearly conference.
African National Congress Youth League president Julius Malema said those opposed to Jacob Zuma becoming SA’s next president must be eliminated.
It’s not quite clear who is held in greater contempt: Robert Mugabe or Thabo Mbeki.
Finance minister Trevor Manuel has issued a stern threat of legal consequences for journalists over his court battle with Terry Crawford-Browne.
As a nation, South Africa has long overcome cultural cringe and the need to emulate Anglo-America for artistic validation.
Opposition parties reacted on Sunday to the apparent firing of the Eastern and Western Cape premiers by the African National Congress.
A stampede killed 23 people at a Sudanese soccer stadium on Sunday at a graduation ceremony.
Thousands of tenants may have to be evacuated from a landmark flatlands complex in Pretoria that has fallen on hard times.