A Swazi court has sentenced a South African man to 85 years in prison for high treason and terrorism over a botched bombing against King Mswati III.
Soldiers manning a checkpoint in northern Nigeria have killed two members of a radical sect responsible for hundreds of killings this year alone.
Protesters have denounced Shell’s "reckless" Arctic campaign, after it was forced to abandon drilling when a test of its protection systems failed.
Japanese companies have closed shop in China after a weekend of violent protests over competing claims to a group of islands in the East China Sea.
A new video shows Libyans trying to save Chris Stevens, cheering "God is great" and rushing him to hospital after finding him inside the US Consulate.
Senior political reporter Matuma Letsoalo analyses the first day of the Cosatu congress – the unanimous re-election of leadership, JZ’s speech and more.
Jacob Zuma has made big statements to Cosatu delegates, pronouncing on Marikana and the textbooks crisis, and boasting of the ANC’s service delivery.
Albie Morkel will be monitored overnight after suffering lower back spasms during the Proteas’ ICC World Twenty20 warm-up match against New Zealand.
The DA has criticised KwaZulu-Natal education minister Senzo Mchunu for banning school outings after a spate of fatal road accidents involving pupils.