South Africa will be president of the UN Security Council for the month of January, a position it will use to strengthen ties between the UN and AU.
After a two-year hiatus from politics, former president Thabo Mbeki has confirmed he will attend the ANC’s centenary celebrations in Mangaung.
The rand was on much firmer footing against the dollar on the new year’s second day of trading after bearing the brunt of asset sell-off in 2011.
Roelof van der Merwe has been suspended for one Big Bash League match for failing a roadside alcohol breath test on New Year’s Day.
A case of culpable homicide is being investigated after a police van hit and killed two cyclists who were riding on a tandem bicycle in Kliprivier.
Safa has announced Bafana Bafana’s upcoming international friendlies have been downgraded after problems acquiring players for international duty.
The DA wants Menzi Simelane to pay for the appeal against the ruling invalidating his NPA job, even though ConCourt must review the case anyway.
KwaZulu-Natal premier Zweli Mkhize has again denied being part of a plot to replace President Zuma as the leader of both the ANC and the country.
The Proteas left Durban on Saturday hoping to put the Kingsmead curse behind them and start 2012 with a home series win against Sri Lanka.
A record number of rhinos have been poached in South Africa this year as rising demand in Asia for their horns led to a massive upswell in killings.
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/ 30 December 2011
The <i>M&G</i> rounds up the top cheap(ish) thrills to be had in Jo’burg, Cape Town & Durban as the festive season winds down.
Although NPA boss Menzi Simelane has been replaced by Nomgcobo Jiba for now, this might not be the end of the road for the under-fire legal eagle.
Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi has died, aged 69, after being admitted to hospital for a respiratory infection earlier this year.
President Jacob Zuma has named controversial advocate Nomgcobo Jiba to act as head of the NPA, replacing "invalid" appointee Menzi Simelane.
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/ 28 December 2011
The ANC Youth League has expressed their sadness at the lost of national executive and working committee member Vusi Mhlongo on Christmas Eve.
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/ 28 December 2011
South African soccer hit a few snags in 2011 and the rise in the dominance of Orlando Pirates remained one of the biggest positives of the sport.
President Jacob Zuma has given up on his bid to appeal a court ruling that found his appointment of Menzi Simelane as head of the NPA was invalid.
South Africa’s Kevin Anderson has pulled out of the tennis season’s opening Brisbane International ATP 250 event due to a niggling knee injury.
The transport minister agrees it is unlawful to confiscate drivers’ licences on the spot, but remains set on forcing reckless motorists off the road.
Disgraced former police commissioner Jackie Selebi will be kept "indefinitely" in the medical wing of a correctional services facility.
It might be unconstitutional, but that hasn’t stopped the transport minister from instructing police to confiscate the licences of traffic offenders.
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/ 27 December 2011
Government is yet to set a date for its planned HIV testing programme in schools around the country as a number of issues still remained unresolved.
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/ 27 December 2011
The Road Traffic Management Corporation has said more than 900 travellers have been killed on South Africa’s roads so far this December.
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/ 27 December 2011
The department of correctional services has until January 6 to lodge an appeal against house arrest rulings handed to two of the Waterkloof Four.
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/ 27 December 2011
Marchant de Lange says he followed the advice of an injured Vernon Philander and kept it simple as he emulated the dream start to his Test career.
Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardenen has scored his 10 000th run in Test cricket at Kingsmead in Durban.
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/ 24 December 2011
The Proteas’ latest fast bowling sensation has sustained a knee injury during practice for the second Test against Sri Lanka.
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/ 23 December 2011
Banyana Banyana crashed to a 3-0 defeat at the hands of a new-look Zimbabwe in the annual Unity Cup at the Rufaro Stadium on Thursday.
<b>Craig McKune</b> takes a look at all the hands that were caught in the cookie jar this year.
Nelson Mandela’s personal chef Xoliswa Ndoyiya talks about what it was like cooking for the former statesman. She has released her first cookbook.
Cassel Mathale may have won in Limpopo but don’t think Zuma’s influence is diminishing, writes <b>Nickolaus Bauer</b>.
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/ 19 December 2011
AmaZulu winger S’thembiso Dlamini believes his side could stun glamour club Kaizer Chiefs, if they are clinical with the opportunities given.