I’m sure not a week goes by without you having to explain to learners why schooling is so important. It is vital that they do their best each term and achieve consistent results throughout the year because one bad result can affect a learner’s overall results.
Four people died and 13 were injured — two of them seriously — when a building collapsed in Stellenbosch on Monday afternoon, rescue workers said.
Two well-known South African entertainers died and two other people were injured in an accident on Sunday on the N3 near Heidelberg, Johannesburg police said on Monday.
The Burma military junta’s arrest of a popular comedian campaigning for victims of Cyclone Nargis is part of continuing serious human rights violations in the country, a United Nations investigator said on Monday.
Fifty-five dolphins have died after coming ashore on a beach in the north-west of Madagascar, conservationists said on Monday.
Organisers of Tuesday’s planned Million Man March in Pretoria hope criminals will get the message that the country is united against them, a spokesperson said on Monday.
Manchester United have lodged an official complaint with world football governing body Fifa over Real Madrid’s pursuit of Cristiano Ronaldo, the English champions confirmed on Monday.
Many African countries are rapidly running down their natural resources as growing populations push the continent towards its ecological limits, conservation organisation WWF said on Monday.
Hong Kong websites are the most likely to hit visitors with unwanted ads, viruses and spam, research from an internet security company has found.
Iran on Monday vowed a "very painful" response to any Israeli action after a senior minister of the Jewish state warned of attacks if Tehran did not halt its atomic drive, the ISNA news agency reported.