South Africa has the highest prison population in Africa, says Correctional Services Minister Sbu Ndebele.
Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he will resign, the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years.
Tibetans in a north-west part of China, which has been the focus of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule, have marked a grieved New Year.
Icasa’s Joseph Lebooa now faces a criminal charge laid by a telecoms company, after he claimed he was threatened to drop an investigation.
The mining industry requires long-term commitment to South Africa and should not be viewed as a "quick, money-making scheme", says Susan Shabangu.
Rather than a community-driven remembrance and address on gender violence, Anene Booysen’s memorial degenerated into a political rally.
Teachers in the province have been giving lessons despite having forged qualifications, a long-term investigation has found.
The Grammy Awards have been bestowed widely as Gotye, fun. and Mumford and Sons took top honours on the music industry’s biggest night.
As people celebrate the Chinese New Year and Latin America’s carnival, Barack Obama will give an update on the State of the Union in the week ahead.
It has been an interesting week at the Farlam commission of inquiry as "underprepared" advocate Dali Mpofu faced NUM president Senzeni Zokwana.