Two Nigerian men believed to be the masterminds behind the 419 fraud scam appeared in the Johannesburg Regional Court.

The South African Communist Party (SACP) has condemned the wide speculation that the killers of Chris Hani might get a presidential pardon.

Maintenance paid to divorced women may become available at automated teller machines countrywide in the future, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday.

Scientists are more optimistic now than ever before about developing an Aids vaccine in Africa, according to Medical Research Council (MRC) chairman Malegapuru Makgoba.

South Africans’ overall perceptions of the criminal justice system were largely negative, while perceptions of the prosecution service were ”surprisingly positive”.

The South African Air Force has withdrawn 469 aircraft from service since 1990, of which 297 have been sold.

A representative for Madagascar’s President, Marc Ravalomanana, said on Friday that 36 mercenaries had flown out of South Africa to ”assassinate” the head of state of the Indian Ocean island.

Three Ukrainians prevented from boarding a flight to Madagascar on Friday have denied being mercenaries, claiming they were part of an independent television production team.

South African researchers have made a breakthrough in malaria research that will enable more effective drugs to be developed to treat the parasite-based infection.

Not treating HIV-positive people was more expensive than buying them medicine, says the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC).