Suspected South African drug mule Nolubabalo Nobanda will only appear before a Thai court in three months time.
South Africa had met the challenges of 2011 with "fortitude and innovation", President Jacob Zuma said in his end of the year speech on Sunday.
South Africa were 389 for nine wickets at the close of the second day of the Test against Sri Lanka. Dale Steyn has now taken 250 Test wickets.
South African Lee-Anne Pace, with a third round 67, moved into a share of third place on eight under par, in the Dubai Ladies’ Masters.
President Jacob Zuma has opened a road linking the Voortrekker Monument and Freedom Park in Pretoria, a fitting act for the Day of Reconciliation.
The ANC and the Congress of South African Trade Unions have agreed to continue discussions on the controversial Protection of State Information Bill.
DA MP Masizole Mnqasela says his support for ousted party parliamentary leader Athol Trollip is behind the charges laid against him this week.
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/ 15 December 2011
News agencies who have set up cameras outside Nelson Mandela’s home in Qunu say they are not spying on the former president: the cameras are off.
Known as El Toro on the field, Johan Neeskens brings a flinty-eyed focus to Mamelodi Sundowns.
The South African government says Shrien Dewani will be properly cared for should he be extradited to face trial over his wife’s murder.
SA’s largest empowerment group Exxaro Resources says its staff share scheme has matured and will pay out more than R1-billion to employees.
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/ 14 December 2011
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says the developmental mandate will be fundamental at the World Trade Organisation’s ministerial conference.
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/ 14 December 2011
South Africa’s consumer price index, expected to lift to 0.2%, has increased by 0.1% in November, settling at 6.1% for November.
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/ 14 December 2011
From a premature tournament qualification celebration to Danny Jordaan’s broken promises at Cosafa, South African soccer has had an embarrassing year.
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/ 14 December 2011
Charges against suspended crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli, who was to appear in court on fraud and corruption charges today, have been dropped.
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/ 14 December 2011
The sisters of the SA woman executed in China this week say she was strapped to a chair during their last visit, and forbidden from speaking Zulu.
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/ 14 December 2011
The Proteas are hoping to end their run of home series disappointments with the three-match Test series against Sri Lanka, beginning this week.
Shrien Dewani’s lawyers say he should not be sent to SA as he is mentally ill, would be harmed in prison — and because there is no free press here.
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/ 13 December 2011
South African children are disproportionately affected by poverty, with females more likely to live in low-income households than males.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has been discharged from hospital after undergoing minor surgery last week, his office says.
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/ 13 December 2011
A Statistics SA survey has shown the formal non-agriculture sector has seen a rise of 59 000 jobs for the third quarter of the year.
Honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani’s extradition appeal begins in London today, amid new claims that police have failed to investigate properly.
Youth of all ages travelled to Durban during COP17 and through creative events spread the message that their future lay in the hands of the negotiators.
Boekehuis has recently been threatened with closure by it Media24. M&G speaks to Mark Gevisser about what makes Boekehuis different from other bookshops.
The NPA has still not responded to the <em>M&G</em>’s request to use information allegedly proving Mac Maharaj lied during a Scorpions interview.
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/ 12 December 2011
Following the cancellation of the SA Open, South African tennis has suffered another setback with the scrapping of the Soweto Open.
Desmond Tutu is recovering well in hospital after undergoing surgery on Friday, and there is no cause for serious concern, his spokesperson says.
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/ 12 December 2011
Despite a bid by President Zuma to intervene, China has executed Janice Bronwyn Linden from KwaZulu-Natal for drug smuggling.
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/ 12 December 2011
Aurora’s unpaid miners have issued a letter appealing for help ahead of the Christmas season while the company’s executives face legal action.
Two rhino on a Cape reserve have survived an attack by poachers, but one had to have its pregnancy terminated due to the stress of the dehorning.
Embattled Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola has slammed former CSA President Mtutuzeli Nyoka, calling him "a snake, like his surname [in Zulu]".
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/ 12 December 2011
Despite South Africa’s pleas for clemency, China has executed Janice Bronwyn Linden from KwaZulu-Natal for smuggling drugs into the country in 2008.