The drought crisis in Limpopo took a new twist this week when the government announced that it would reject a request from the provincial administration to declare several disaster areas in the region.
Not the art movie of the week:</b> <em>The Rules of Attraction</em> is like having some bar-room bore telling you, at great length, about his sexual adventures and drug-related mishaps, writes Shaun de Waal.
Bollywood celebrates more than a century of filmmaking at the annual International Indian Film Academy Awards in Johannesburg, reports Mariam Jooma.
Popular Yfm and club DJ Fana ”Khabzela” Khaba announced on the Gauteng station’s breakfast show on Friday morning that he is HIV-positive.
Monday night’s al-Qaeda-style attack may not have come as a great surprise
to moderate Saudi Islamists familiar with the thinking of the extremists in their midst.
British Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Secretary Jack Straw was out wooing South Africa this week, promising better deals that could be on the table for the African continent in the G8 summit next month.
Sharp detective work, dangerous undercover investigations and their own high technology led to the downfall of the 23 Boeremag members who will appear in the Pretoria High Court next week to face 43 charges, including murder.
Pope John Paul II on Thursday sharply criticised Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s controversial land reform programme as an ”error” which could only create tension and discord.
Former first lady Marike de Klerk’s killer, 22-year-old Luyanda Mboniswa, was sentenced to two life terms in the Cape High Court on Thursday. He also got three years for his forced entry — housebreaking — into De Klerk’s home.
The Indian diaspora in Africa — many of them on the continent for generations — keep in touch with their roots through the films of Bollywood, the Hindu film industry based in Bombay.