Earth’s magnetic field — the force that protects us from deadly radiation bursts from outer space — is weakening dramatically.
Following Friday’s announcement that South African Bali blast victims Craig Harty and Godfrey Fitz were officially presumed dead, no further details could be released on the status of South Africans who remained on the island.
The wife of Ladysmith Black Mambazo leader Joseph Shabalala was shot and killed and Shabalala himself wounded at his Durban home on Wednesday night, KwaZulu-Natal police reported.
As the last hours of the 15-day floor-crossing period ticked away on Tuesday, the Democratic Alliance was still holding onto power in ten local councils in the Western Cape.
Police are investigating a bizarre case of indecent assault after a man looking for a job was abducted, beaten up and forced to ejaculate at a house in Kraaifontein, Cape Town.
At least 627 teachers have been fired in Zimbabwe for taking part in an illegal strike, state ZBC television reported on Monday.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on Saturday that his country was not in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the purpose of looting mineral wealth there.
South African tech group Dimension Data, once the market’s darling, hit its lowest level in nearly seven years on Monday as tumbling offshore bourses and perceptions of a share overhang weighed, analysts said.
The ANC in Kwazulu-Natal has laid out a programme of action to consolidate and extend its support base if it takes over control of the provincial government after last week’s defection of five IFP MPs to the ANC.
In recent by-elections around the country, the African National Congress (ANC) won six seats while the Democratic Alliance (DA) won three.