Former US president Bill Clinton has hailed his close ties with Nelson Mandela on a visit to the icon’s home in Qunu ahead of his 94th birthday.
Weakening trade conditions have added to the pressure on Reserve Bank governor Gill Marcus to drop the repo rate this week.
The M&G chats to France’s commissioner general Laurent Clavel, about the origin of the France-SA Season, its significance and plans for the future.
Cadel Evans has two days in which to relaunch his yellow jersey bid but he seems resigned to missing out in the face of the formidable Sky team.
The Nelson Mandela Museum has opened a youth art exhibition on the South African democracy icon’s life in his childhood home Qunu.
Nelson Mandela turns 94 on Wednesday, but is unlikely to attend celebrations as the frail icon has increasingly vanished from the public eye.
The South African Weather Service has warned that a fresh cold front will hit the Western Cape at the weekend, before spreading into the interior.
Police have arrested the head of the biggest buffalo mozzarella maker in Italy on suspicion of links to organised crime.
The UN has launched a campaign against illegal trade, which it says is worth more than six times the global aid budget and has a high human cost.
A Sierra Leone war orphan turned US ballerina, Michaela DePrince tells of being called a "devil child", prejudice in ballet, and her return to Africa.