The trial of 22 alleged members of the right-wing Boeremag organisation is to resume in the Pretoria High Court on Monday, with no indication of whether it would actually get underway.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has dismissed speculation that he means to retire in the near future, saying he is still fighting fit.
What had been the sleepy capital of Mauritania turned into a war zone yesterday when rebel army units tried to seize control of the west African state in a pre-dawn coup, triggering street battles with loyalist troops involving tanks, mortars and aircraft.
Rebel fighters encircled Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, yesterday, sending tens of thousands of inhabitants fleeing for their lives. The rebels gave the country’s president, Charles Taylor, 72 hours to step down.
Mark Raboo speaks of the moment when he wished the floor had opened and swallowed him, and all because of some misheard lyrics.
South Africa said on Sunday it will provide troops for the international peacekeeping force set to deploy in turbulent northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where ethnic violence has killed hundreds in recent weeks.
Bunia: Where are the French?
A few years ago I received bad news from the doctor. I was overweight, my heart was in trouble, I had high blood pressure and – worst of all – I had gout. Gleefully, the general practitioner closed my file and uttered: "You have the diseases of the aristocracy."
<b> BEYOND THE MIRACLE: INSIDE THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA </b> by Allister Sparks (Jonathan Ball). From the acclaimed author of The Mind of South Africa and Tomorrow Is Another Country , a look at South Africa and its discontents since the 1994 election. An essential read.
"If elephants didn’t exist, you couldn’t invent one. They belong to a small group of living things so unlikely they challenge credulity and common sense," Lyall Watson writes in an opening chapter titled "Seeing the Elephant".
<b>Kitty and the Prince </b>
<i>by Ben Shephard (Jonathan Ball)</i>