Liberia’s President and Africa’s first female head of state, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has said that she was eager to see a woman in the White House.
Four hundred seal pups were stranded along the False Bay coastline on Friday, the City of Cape Town’s disaster risk management centre said.
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Syria is being pressured to allow observers to monitor spiralling deadly violence as activists condemned human rights violations.
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The presidency has distanced itself from the comments made by SIU head Willem Heath, saying they were made in his personal capacity.
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Google is rolling out a feature that lets members of its online social network automatically find themselves in photos posted by friends.
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Thanks to three convincing performances at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium, the SA Sevens team stormed into the quarterfinals.
The fossil of the day awards have been an established part of COP since 1999. COP17 drew to a close, the conference’s overall ‘colossal fossil’ was announced.
As negotiations entered the 11th hour at COP17, activists chanted slogans to the ICC. Those who saw out the peaceful protest were escorted out by UN security.
As opposition to Bashar al-Assad warned of a ‘massacre’, Syrians have taken to the streets of Homs where at least nine civilians have been killed.
Etienne Tshisekedi has rejected the DRC’s election results which made Joseph Kabila president, instead declaring himself leader of the country.
The DRC’s election commission has announced much-delayed poll results, naming incumbent Joseph Kabila the winner of another five-year term.
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North Africa’s al-Qaeda wing has claimed responsibility for two kidnapping incidents in Mali, one of which saw a South African taken hostage.
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Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of three Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe human rights activists.
At the Gobabeb research centre in the Namibia desert, young African scientists gather data for climate predictions.
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Studies into Bayer’s best-selling contraceptives Yasmin and Yaz have shown that women on the pills run a higher risk of getting dangerous blood clots.
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Emails of a Russian vote monitor Golos were published by a pro-Kremlin website after the monitor apparently exposed abuses at the polls.
Europe’s rights and security watchdog has urged Russia to protect journalists covering post-election protests from ‘police harassment’.
Orlando Pirates assistant coach Tebogo Moloi expects plenty of problems from "hoodoo" team BidVest Wits when they meet in the Telkom Knockout final.
Pressure is mounting on Phil Hughes after he failed with the bat as Australia chased New Zealand’s modest 150 on the opening day of the second Test.
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The great news this past year is that now scientists have tentatively offered us a way to end Aids.
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South Africa will launch an umbrella body to act as a single voice championing the importance and relevance of renewable energy in the country.
The energy department, Busa and the NBI have signed an Energy Efficiency Leadership Network Pledge, demonstrating commitment energy efficiency.
A prominent Pakistani Cabinet minister says unnamed ‘people’ would foil any attempt to dislodge the president through a coup.
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The first climate change observatory in the world, under the patronage of Prince Albert II of Monaco, will be constructed in Cape Town by 2014.
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This form of energy offers not only a secure electricity supply but also benefits, writes Minister of Energy <b>Dipuo Peters</b>.
<b>Brent Meersman</b> talks to one of South Africa’s most beloved comics, Nik Rabinowitz, about his Jewishness, politics and ‘what works’.
The delayed poll results have rallied the Congolese against their leader and South Africa.
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Online rumours are drugs that damage users and harm society, the Chinese state media has said.
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Read the open letter to Naspers and Media24 executives about the possible closure of Boekehuis.
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Integral fast reactors can convert radioactive waste into energy and pose very little risk.
McCarthy’s skills can help Bucs satisfy their demanding fans in cup final against Wits.
<b>Paul Riekert</b> pays tribute to his Battery9 collaborator and friend, Huyser Burger, who died this week.