Canadian cell biologist Ralph Steinman, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday, died of pancreatic cancer last week.
It was a challenging week for University of the Free State students visiting New York.
President Jacob Zuma’s approval rating in metro areas has declined by 3% since the beginning of March, according to a survey by marketing group.
Several hundred delegates from about 50 African countries gathered in Cape Town in September to adopt a declaration on access to information.
Government has once again commissioned an opinion on a regulatory impact assessment and discarded it when it turned out to be unfavourable.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has requested to meet President Robert Mugabe, during an upcoming visit to Zimbabwe.
Greece’s admission that it will miss its deficit targets for 2011 and 2012 hit European shares, with banking stocks among the worst performers.
Kenny Kunene and Gayton McKenzie are not co-owners or directors of Central Rand Gold but own "an insignificant holding", the embattled company says.
A ban on some meat exports after a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak could cost South Africa over R4-billion a year, says the Red Meat Industry Forum.
Three Pakistan Test players are due to go on trial in London charged with spot-fixing during a match against England last year.