Namibians have given a hero’s welcome to 20 skulls of their ancestors returned from Germany, where colonial authorities had taken them a century ago.
Longtime International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound says Fifa is not being transparent about the extent of corruption within the organisation.
Australia has renewed calls for Japan to abandon plans to return to Antarctica for its annual whale hunt in the face of "widespread" global concern.
At least 224 people have died in flooding in Thailand that has inundated the 400-year-old World Heritage Site in the ancient city of Ayutthaya.
The Dalai Lama has cancelled his trip to South Africa to attend Archbishop Tutu’s birthday after the state failed to grant him a visa in time.
Batsman Kevin Pietersen will rediscover the form that saw him the fastest man to 1 000 and 2 000 runs in ODIs, says England captain Alastair Cook.
Thousands of colourful and flamboyant demonstrators took to the streets of Johannesburg to celebrate Gay Pride this weekend. We find out what the day signifies to participants, and to hear their advice to young people who might be struggling to declare their sexuality.
Mine workers are downing tools and marching to the Chamber of Mines in the Johannesburg CBD in protest against workplace safety conditions.
Parliament wants to ban a reporter who quoted a "bad apple" official about the government’s controversial secrecy Bill.
SA doesn’t always stand up for human rights the way some of its citizens such as Archbishop Tutu do, Burma’s Dawn Aung San Suu Kyi has observed.