The drunken driving case against cricketer Herschelle Gibbs was postponed in his absence in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Those who want to challenge the ANC Youth League leader’s legitimacy at the league’s conference must first win a two-thirds majority.
Among the many accolades showered on Nelson Mandela at a joint sitting of Parliament on Friday were some shining examples of his sense of humour.
The Ginwala hearings into the fitness of suspended head prosecutor Vusi Pikoli to hold office have been postponed until Monday.
An unknown number of armed men killed a 35-year-old pregnant woman in a suspected house robbery in the Bergvlei Complex in Villeria, Garsfontein.
Oil leapt to a new record high near a barrel on Friday, extending gains after surging nearly 4% in the previous session.
Oh, for a sign of divine providence in the face of Robert Mugabe’s loony assertion that "only God" can remove him from office.
The cacao plant is to become the latest organism to have its complete genetic code sequenced, but it is no idle exercise.
The government has criticised the "misconception" that foreign migrants steal jobs from SA citizens — a key reason for recent xenophobic violence.
It has long been considered the most troublesome character in the German alphabet. But champions of the Eszett were celebrating its red-letter day.