Babies could start winning spot-the-ball competitions at the age of six months, according to research released today.
The Gauteng safety and liaison department is investigating more than 736 cases of corruption involving members of the SA Police Service, MEC Nomvula Mokonyane said on Tuesday.
Deputy President Jacob Zuma again proclaimed his innocence on Tuesday on corruption allegations made against him, adding that the matter is in the hands of the court.
Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders were set to meet behind closed doors on Tuesday, the last day of their summit, zooming in on issues crippling growth in the region, including Aids, political instability and poverty.
The SA Reserve Bank sought on Tuesday to quell criticism that governor Tito Mboweni’s last two pay rises were excessive in view of the bank’s own inflation targets.
Amina Lawal, facing death by stoning for adultery, will be back before an Islamic court in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, hoping to launch her delayed second appeal against the sentence.
The government of Cote d’Ivoire has started to place condom dispensing machines in internet cafes as part of its drive to control HIV/Aids infection among young people, a government official said this week.
The hot pursuit of a Uruguayan trawler caught poaching Patagonian toothfish in Australia’s Antarctic fishing zone broke the record for the longest maritime chase in Australia’s history on Tuesday.
US jets bombed a Taliban base in the mountains of southern Afghanistan yesterday, killing as many as 50 fighters.
South Africa’s CPIX inflation (headline inflation excluding mortgage costs) was up 6,6% year-on-year for metro and other areas in July 2003 compared with 6,4% in June, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday.