Shakes Mashaba’s regime has generated optimism around Bafana Bafana for the first time in more than a decade, but it is unclear if this is justified.
The essence of Charlie Hebdo was to express the inexpressible in images with the power to shock and offend.
The streets of Mitchell’s Plain also caught a glimpse of President Jacob Zuma after his visit to Langa township.
Armed only with humour as a weapon, satire wages a brave but dangerous and, in the case of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, deadly war against censorship.
There have been two more attacks in France, including a shootout at police and an explosion near a mosque.
French security forces are searching for two brothers suspected of killing 12 people at a French magazine, a third suspect is in police custody.
Armed police evicted more than 200 families from a farm in eastern Zimbabwe to create space for a game park proposed by first lady Grace Mugabe.
The ruling party is keeping its strategy to recapture lost metros and keep control of others close to its chest.
Scientists say the Northern Cape is the perfect place for radio astronomy, with its low rainfall and clear skies making it a "radio quiet" site.