Pick n Pay has reported a 15% fall in profits after being hit by costs related to its shopper loyalty programme and investments in its supply chain.
A man — thought to be former Namibia and South Africa cricketer Louis Vorster — has been shot dead in Muldersdrift.
Photographer Massoud Hossaini has won a Pulitzer for what was called a "heartbreaking image of a girl crying in fear after a suicide bomber’s attack".
Maritzburg United have moved away from the relegation zone after beating Kaizer Chiefs 1-0 — Amakhosi’s second consecutive loss.
The national treasury says R3-billion a year is too much to be spending on leasing property for state departments, and is working to whittle it down.
Seven schoolboys have been arrested after a video of the gang rape of a missing 17-year-old girl went viral.
Two civilians have been wounded after war planes fired several missiles at a suspected Somali pirate base in the north of the country.
UN leader Ban Ki-moon says a UN mission’s communications from the Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara with UN headquarters have been compromised.
The dismembered remains of 14 men have been found in a Mexican city on the US border that is often a flashpoint for the country’s drug war.
Sweden’s culture minister has been urged to resign over her role in an event supposedly highlighting female genital mutilation and racism.