"Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius’s historic Olympic campaign has ended, after the South African team failed to complete their 4x400m relay heat.
Bridgitte Hartley has won SA’s first bronze medal at the Olympic Games, in the women’s kayak single K1 500m race.
Olympic gold medallists Chad le Clos and Cameron van der Burgh were greeted by hundreds of fans who gathered at OR Tambo airport to welcome them home.
China has kicked off its most sensitive trial in decades, in which Gu Kailai is expected to be convicted of murdering a British businessman.
Julius Malema is going to have a tough time finding his way back into the ANC if goes around calling potential allies cowards, writes Khaya Dlanga.
The consumption of a varied diet, including meat, may have led to the development of brain capacity in human ancestors in SA, researchers believe.
Existing legislation does not address the legal, environmental and social ramifications of fracking, says David Fig.
Protecting athletes’ sexual health at the Olympics requires many years of planning. There are pool tables to distract them, for example.
The Malawi government took an important step when it indicated it could not host the AU summit if it meant welcoming Omar al-Bashir to its territory.
Percy Zvomuya has been reading newspapers since he was a kid on his granddad’s stoep, devouring every article he could find. Except for the editorial.