A senior commander of the Taliban has offered a pragmatic view on the futility of the war and the future of Afghanistan. Julian Borger reports.
A protracted battle to choose the new top dog of the African Union is almost at an end, with the odds slightly against SA’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
The DRC’s President Joseph Kabila’s push for stability backfires as thousands are displaced and militias overpower his army, writes David Smith.
It started out with a bang, but land deals went sour and farms lie barren as the project stalls, writes Sipho Kings.
Even proof of the routes used between Botswana and South Africa has not alarmed the authorities, writes Fiona Macleod.
The ANC’s ex-soldiers are accused of intimidating Jacob Zuma’s opponents at the Mandela lecture this week, writes Michelle Pietersen.
It has to be a South African record, the gap between the revelations of alleged misdemeanours on the part of Humphrey Mmemezi and his resignation.
Public service unions have declared a formal dispute with the government, raising the prospect of a major strike after months of wage negotiations.
AngloGold Ashanti has become the 49th business partner to join Eskom’s energy efficiency drive, 49M.
He may be the best watercolourist South Africa has ever seen, but Durant Sihlali went largely uncelebrated during his lifetime, writes Phillip de Wet.