A cruel few seconds of freedom — that’s what the end of the first year of the Emergency meant to about 3 000 detainees.
Think tank Sipri says military spending failed to rise last year for the first time since 1998 but the global nuclear threat remains strong.
Banyana Banyana’s strikeforce is non-existent as they head to the 2012 London Olympics, the Nigerian women’s coach, Ikhana Khadiri has said.
His team beset by injuries after a few weeks in charge, Roy Hodgson has conceded that England will struggle to beat France in their Euro 2012 opener.
Former crime intelligence boss R
A Danish court has found four men guilty over a plot to kill the staff of a newspaper that first published cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed.
Polygamy is explored in "Lessons in Husbandry" by South African author Shaida Kazie Ali, and "The Ruins of Us" by Keija Parssinen.
The department of basic education faces court action over its failure to fully fill the tens of thousands of teaching posts the Eastern Cape needs.
Corrections and clarifications: 2012
National coach Heneke Meyer has confirmed Jean de Villiers as the new Springbok captain to lead South Africa against England in Durban on Saturday.