Despite Motshekga claiming the media have overplayed the textbook scandal, a report shows 70% of Grade 10 pupils in 25 Limpopo schools failed exams.
French President Francois Hollande has acknowledged his country’s culpability in rounding up thousands of Jews to be sent to Nazi death camps.
Hashim Amla reached his double century and Jacques Kallis plundered his 43rd test hundred as South Africa continued to make England toil.
In the race for the mainly ceremonial post of Indian president, former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee easily beat his closest rival candidate.
A Russian mayor and two other officials have been arrested for failing to issue warnings and evacuate residents during floods that killed 171 people.
Melting ice caps, the influx of trawlers, and Shell’s $4-billion investment to drill for fossil fuels in the Chukchi Sea all raise fears.
SA’s Richard Murray has claimed a leg victory in the Triathlon World Series, bolstering SA’s fringe sports hopes of scoring some Olympic medals.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has reaffirmed the primacy of ANC branches in electing the party’s leadership.
Gunfire has erupted at a military camp near the airport in Antananarivo and a commander said the incident looked somewhat like a mutiny.
The parlous state of the South African state education system has seen a boost in enrolment at private schools.