A bomb blast damaged the offices of the police’s serious and violent crimes unit in Cape Town on Saturday night, but no deaths or injuries were caused.
Parliament’s third bid to find Public Protector Selby Baqwa’s successor hit another snag at the weekend, when advertisements appearing in Sunday newspapers gave the wrong closing date for applications for the independent watchdog post.
The remains of four oryx-like endangered animals have been discovered by international wildlife experts in Vietnam, raising fears that the species, unique to Indochina, could soon become extinct.
An American food relief expert urged the Zimbabwean government to drop restrictions on the import of corn that could not be certified free of genetically modified material.
Contrary to popular belief, South Africans were satisfied with the level of service they received from local banks.
Swaziland, the world’s only autocratic monarchy, is wreaking revenge on its former colonial master through its one lilangeni coin, which passes for a British one pound coin in size, weight and golden appearance, but is practically worthless.
The Zambian government on Saturday rejected a UN appeal to lift a ban on the distribution of genetically modified food, saying it would be able to procure enough other grain to feed its starving people.
Australia said on Thursday it was ”very disappointed” by South Africa’s decision to increase tariffs on sheep meat imports and was investigating whether the move was in breach of World Trade Organisation rules.
A decision to treat inmates at Pollsmoor humanely had made a dramatic difference in day-to-day life at the prison, the Jali Commission heard on Thursday.
Zimbabwe’s government on Tuesday urged black settlers to move onto white-owned farms despite the mounting number of court cases over President Robert Mugabe’s controversial land reforms.