The policeman who was shot in the head in Khayelitsha on Monday afternoon has died in a Cape Town hospital.
Mysterious giant beasts may lurk in the darkest depths of the ocean making whale-like noises that are baffling scientists.
The hijacking of a bus carrying about 40 Taiwanese businessmen on the N12 in Mpumalanga is bad news for South African tourism.
The death toll from an earthquake in southern Italy rose overnight to 22, including 20 children buried under the rubble of a school building, police said early on Friday.
At least 5,7-million children in South Africa, roughly a third of those under 18, would have lost one or both parents from Aids by 2015.
The US Roman Catholic Church has removed 218 priests from their positions this year because of allegations of child sexual abuse, although at least 34 known offenders remain in church jobs.
South Africa’s hospitality industry will be hard-hit by the Aids pandemic, says the deputy director of the health department’s national programme.
The United States sees West African oil exports as a key means of reducing future dependence on oil from the unstable Middle East region, now roiled by the spectre of war with Iraq, U.S. government officials said on Tuesday.
The Public Accountants and Auditors Board (PAAB) is to probe a complaint by defence contractor Richard Young that PricewaterhouseCoopers had a conflict of interest in taking part in the arms deal investigation.
At least four civilians were killed on Friday when mortar shells fired by Hutu rebels rained down on the north of the Burundian capital.