A bronze yak and an African leopard skin are among official presents given to the late dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu that will be auctioned off.
The DA’s Masizole Mnqasela will plead not guilty to six charges of misconduct filed over comments he made about parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko
Apartheid police hit squad leader Eugene de Kock wants forgiveness from the family of ANC lawyer Bheki Mlangeni, whom he killed with a bomb in 1991.
Schalk Burger will captain the Stormers in Friday’s Super Rugby warm-up clash against the Lions at Newlands.
Some see Egypt’s newly elected Parliament as the triumphant fruit of upheaval but others see it as a weapon designed to subdue ongoing revolution.
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/ 24 January 2012
Flood waters from the Incomati River have swept Mozambique’s main north-south highway, cutting off Maputo from the north and centre of the country.
There’s been an information blackout on ANC Youth League president Julius Malema’s appeal hearing with party members being instructed not to comment.
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/ 23 January 2012
An independent website that monitors prices in retail stores has been denied access to Woolworths, and two researchers were told to leave a shop.
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/ 23 January 2012
The South African Human Rights Commission says it will be writing to King Goodwill Zwelithini after reports he made homophobic comments at a function.
President Jacob Zuma and his delegates are preparing themselves for the 18th session of the African Union, focusing on boosting intra-African trade.
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/ 23 January 2012
DA spokesperson Mmusi Maimane says he still hasn’t made a decision on whether to run for the position of Gauteng premier.
The Parliament elected in Egypt’s first legislative vote after Hosni Mubarak’s ouster nearly a year ago has held its inaugural session.
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/ 23 January 2012
Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan has resigned from the captaincy and former skipper Mahela Jayawardene has been reappointed to the role.
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/ 23 January 2012
The CEOs of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion have resigned, handing the reins to former Siemens executive Thorsten Heins.
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/ 23 January 2012
The Zulu royal household has denied that King Zwelithini condemned gay relationships, saying his speech wasn’t translated properly.
The ANC has slammed religious killings between Nigeria’s Christians and Muslims, which have claimed hundreds of lives.
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/ 23 January 2012
After torrential rains in southern Mozambique last week, the country has been hit by a tropical cyclone in the north, killing at least 12 people.
Libya says the International Criminal Court has accepted that Muammar Gaddafi’s son will be tried by Libyans, a claim the ICC has denied.
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/ 23 January 2012
A strike by Zimbabwe’s civil servants has all but kicked off, with schoolchildren being turned away but business continuing at government offices.
The EU has formally adopted an oil embargo and central bank asset freeze against Iran to pressure it into resuming talks on its nuclear programme.
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/ 23 January 2012
South Africa aims to create five million jobs by 2020 but has only created 624 000 in the last decade, according to a survey released on Monday.
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/ 23 January 2012
Limpopo is considering converting the Lephalale military airstrip into a full civilian airport, provincial transport officials have said.
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/ 23 January 2012
Virender Sehwag rates Australia’s bowling attack as the best he has faced as India battle to restore some pride in the final Test in Adelaide.
Former police chief Jackie Selebi has been moved to the intensive care unit from the nephrology unit at Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria.
Elroy Africa has resigned as the director general for cooperative governance and traditional affairs.
Syria has rejected a call by Arab League foreign ministers for President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power and set up a new unity government.
Zulu monarch King Goodwill Zwelithini has criticised people who engage in same sex relationships, labelling them as "rotten".
Jose Mourinho faces a Real Madrid revolt after claiming his players were stabbing him in the back in the aftermath of Madrid’s defeat by Barcelona.
Côte d’Ivoire has begun its quest for a second Afcon title with a 1-0 victory over Sudan, while over in Group B, Angola has beaten Burkina Faso 2-1.
The captain of the doomed <i>Costa Concordia</i> says he was ordered by his employers to "salute" the coast.
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/ 23 January 2012
Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad is among almost 2 000 prisoners, convicted by a military tribunal over the past year, set to be released.
Despite Sri Lanka’s two-wicket triumph over South Africa in the final match of an international series, the series was still won 3-2 by the hosts.