Some gadgets are a necessity; some are hard to justify, no matter how cool. Arthur Goldstuck selects the most unnecessary yet most compelling of 2014.
Algeria has named a final squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea while Group C rivals Ghana and South Africa are undecided.
While teams searched for the AirAsia plane missing off Indonesia with 162 people on board, one official warned it was likely at the bottom of the sea.
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema wed his girlfriend Manta Matlala over the weekend in his hometown in Limpopo, reports say.
Azealia Banks, Iggy Azalea and hip-hop’s appropriation problem
The three-day music and adventure festival returns for the third year running.
Indonesia’s search for the missing AirAsia plane with 162 passengers on board has been suspended due to nightfall and will resume at first light.
It was a roller coaster year for SA sport and while there were multiple performances to celebrate, 2014 will also be remembered for its tragedies.
According to a leaked letter, suspended Hawks boss Anwa Dramat has offered to take early retirement on condition that his suspension is reversed.
An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board has gone missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore in the third crisis for a Malaysian carrier this year.