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Close ally of President Pierre Nkurunziza, widely believed to be behind a spate of arbitrary arrests and killings of opposition members, gunned down.

With his usual flair for style, Julius Malema has dressed the active members of his new political party, Economic Freedom Fighters, in red berets.

The M&G Literary Festival features a lineup of well-known names from the worlds of media and publishing.

December 25 was also traditionally the birthday of the Persian god Mithra, known as the Sun of Righteousness and Lord of Light.

Mangaung is the municipality in which the city of Bloemfontein is situated; the city is also erroneously referred to as Mangaung.

This year is the 50th anniversary of the James Bond movie franchise, which began with Dr No in 1962.

The Mail & Guardian brings you ten facts you might have not konwn about Syria.

The Law of South Africa dictionary defines defamation as a statement that "has the effect of injuring a plaintiff’s reputation".

Social pacts grow from social contract theory, which goes back to the great Enlightenment philosophers of the 1600s and 1700s.

The US debate tradition began in 1858 when, during the senatorial campaign, Abraham Lincoln challenged an opponent from the audience.

South Africa’s national anthem is the only one in the world to contain stanzas in five different languages. Read more facts about national anthems.

While the world was tweeting about the new iPhone on Wednesday, South Africans were sharing thoughts about Steve Biko on Twitter.

Cosatu is the biggest union federation in the country, followed by the Federation of Unions of South Africa with about 400 000 members.

The Marikana saga exposes the injustice raging in our society, writes a group of organisations that work with marginalised people.

We bring you ten facts about the Non-Aligned Movement which was founded by a group of countries that refused to take sides in the Cold War.