The destruction of ancient tombs and treasures is a human tragedy as well as a crime against culture, writes Lloyd Gedye.
Anthea Buys was surprised that only two audience members walked out of the opening performance of Steven Cohen’s Cradle of Humankind.
The Limpopo education department has started with the process of ordering textbooks for the 2013 academic year, says administrator Mzwandile Mathews.
A Zimbabwe court has jailed a former senior police officer for 18 years for beating to death a diamond miner in 2008.
Usain Bolt has more than Yohan Blake to worry about ahead of the London Olympics – now he’s got an injury to contend with.
Goal-line technology to confirm whether or not a goal has been scored has been approved by the International Football Association Board.
Algeria’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika has led celebrations marking its independence with a tribute to the those who died fighting 132 years of French rule.
A simmering war with Sudan over oil and a refugee crisis is casting a shadow over South Sudan’s independence, writes Charles Molele.
More and more executives are taking to the ring to test their mettle. It’s not quite ‘Fight Club’, but they sure do give each other a beating.
Religious leaders have headed up a protest by over a 1 000 people in Mali’s capital after the destruction of historic religious sites at Timbuktu.