No problems were reported on the first day of the school year on Wednesday, education authorities said.
Parts of Abidjan were under a curfew imposed by Côte d’Ivoire strongman Laurent Gbagbo on Thursday.
Police have seized a service pistol and cellphone belonging to the police officer who had an altercation with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, reports say.
South Africa’s fast bowlers struck early to set up a comprehensive 135-run win in the first one-day international against India on Wednesday.
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Prominent people have signed a petition in support of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, after he was labelled an anti-Semite for his views on Israel.
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South Africa lost 333 rhinos to poaching in 2010, the highest number ever recorded, the country’s parks agency said on Wednesday.
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Early estimates indicate 32 people died and nine were injured in the recent floods in Kwazulu-Natal and Guateng.
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will target young voters in a voter-registration drive ahead of the 2011 municipal elections.
Sarah Palin on Wednesday slammed as "blood libel" the charges that overheated political rhetoric contributed to a weekend shooting rampage in Arizona.
A petition has accused Archbishop Desmond Tutu of "demonising Israel" and its organisers demand he be axed as the patron of local holocaust centres.