British author Ian McEwan launched an eloquently powerful attack on Israeli policies in his speech accepting the Jerusalem prize for literature.
		
	 
	
		
		Cheetahs captain Juan Smith will miss the rest of the Super 15 after heel surgery but he’s expected to be available for the Rugby World Cup.
		
	 
	
		
		Tourist arrivals to South Africa increased to more than eight million in 2010, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Tuesday.
		
	 
	
		
		The KZN agriculture department said it regretted the allowing of foot-and-mouth disease fence in the KwaZulu-Natal north coast to fall apart.
		
	 
	
		
		Cope co-founder Mbhazima Shilowa has filed an urgent application in the Western Cape High Court to be declared the legitimate leader of the party.
		
	 
	
		
		Internet campaigns calling for protests against the rule of President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday did not lead to any mass gatherings in Zimbabwe.
		
	 
	
		
		Student representatives at the strife-torn University of Zululand are hopeful that academic activity will resume at the institution on Wednesday.
		
	 
	
		
		A record 241 nominations were submitted for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize and the Norwegian jury has now begun the secretive process to select a winner.
		
	 
	
		
		The reaction of many Zimbabwean pundits to the overthrow of despots is to look for and accentuate similarities with their country.
		
	 
	
		
		Libya leader Moammar Gadaffi insisted his people loved him but was slammed as "delusional" as Western nations prepared on Tuesday to ramp up pressure.