War will be declared on hunger and poverty, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) told a food seminar in Midrand on Thursday.
Italian Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval won the Tour de France sixth stage, a 195,5km race from Aigurande to Super-Besse on Thursday.
Minister of Sport and Recreation Makhenkesi Stofile, named in a report on corruption, said on Thursday he rejected its findings ”with contempt”.
A chilly weekend lies ahead for most of the country, the South African Weather Service said on Thursday.
Fifteen African would-be immigrants, including nine young children, have died after their boat was left adrift while trying to reach Spain.
A pregnant woman is beaten by guards as foreigners displaced by xenophobia stage a sit-in on the steps of Durban’s City Hall.
Zimbabwe’s ruling party and the opposition MDC will on Thursday begin preliminary talks on ending the political crisis, an opposition source says.
There is no other way to deal with rising food prices than to increase food production, Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs Lulu Xingwana says.
The DA has called for a dedicated police unit to investigate the recent spate of automatic teller machine (ATM) bombings around the country.
The UK told Russia at the G8 summit that the issue of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko’s death ”would not be closed”.