Reports from Japan say a typhoon has left at least 20 people dead and more than 50 missing, after swollen rivers swept away buildings.
Russian Mariya Savinova rained on Caster Semenya’s parade, nipping past the controversial South African for world gold in the women’s 800m.
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/ 4 September 2011
The boy in a Facebook picture lying apparently lifeless while a white man stands over his body with a rifle is alive, the <i>City Press</i> says.
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/ 4 September 2011
Members of a far-right group clashed with police at a rally in London, despite a ban on marches imposed after deadly riots that rocked the country.
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/ 4 September 2011
The IRB has declared New Zealand ready to host an "extraordinary" Rugby World Cup despite questions about the tournament’s make-up and unsold tickets.
Robert Mugabe says Zimbabwe will hold elections by early 2011 and raised concerns on the delay of the state’s Constitutional programme, reports say.
Angolan authorities arrested 24 people at an anti-government youth rally, were several protesters, journalists and police were injured, reports say.
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/ 3 September 2011
Late tries by Sadie and Engelbrecht proved decisive as Western Province held on to record a narrow 41-35 victory over Griquas on Saturday.
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/ 3 September 2011
The Free State Cheetahs crushed the home side in Potchefstroom beating the Leopards 64-17 in their Absa Currie Cup match on Saturday.
Chief justice nominee Mogoeng Mogoeng has defended his "intellectual depth" in his interview with the Judicial Services Commission.
Libya’s NTC has formed a supreme security council tasked with protecting Tripoli, as shops and businesses reopened after weeks of tumult.
The disciplinary hearing involving the ANC Youth League’s top leaders has been postponed to next Sunday, the ANC’s disciplinary committee says.
Cosatu is calling on the Judicial Service Commission to recommend against Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng’s appointment to the position of chief justice.
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/ 3 September 2011
The EU has imposed a ban on purchases of Syrian oil and expanded the sanctions list to intensify pressure against President Bashar al-Assad.
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/ 3 September 2011
Bafana Bafana are confident they will hand Niger their first home defeat in more than three years in an African Cup of Nations qualifier on Sunday.
Aids activists protested inside the Cape Town Convention Centre on Saturday ahead of the JSC interview with chief justice nominee Mogoeng Mogoeng.
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/ 3 September 2011
Environmental groups are dismayed as Obama — under pressure from GOP — delays enacting stricter standards until 2013.
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/ 3 September 2011
Iraqi officals will investigate allegations that US soldiers handcuffed and executed women and children during a raid in 2006.
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/ 3 September 2011
UN leader Ban Ki-moon says he has concerns about Australian’s treatment of asylum seekers after its plans to transfer them to Malaysia, were blocked.
<b>Henrietta Rose-Innes</b> looks at the layers and lives of a city in her novel <i>Nineveh</i> (Umuzi). This is an extract from <i>At the Gates</i>.
Julius Malema and other ANC Youth League leaders seem set to be tied up in disciplinary procedures at Luthuli House "for a long time" yet.
The University of the Free State has inaugurated its new student representative council after its first non-political-party elections, held this week.
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/ 2 September 2011
Match schedule for the Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand from September 9 to October 23, at South African time (GMT +2).
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/ 2 September 2011
India’s manufacturing sector skidded to a 29-month low in August after being hit by a string of interest rate hikes and a plunge in exports.
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/ 2 September 2011
Israel will not apologise for its raid on a Turkish-led flotilla of aid ships, after a UN report accused the Jewish state of using excessive force.
The Springboks have jetted off to New Zealand do defend their World Cup title after a jubilant send-off in Sandton, where legions of fans turned out to show their support for the green and gold.
The South African government’s double standards on human rights issues are not going unmarked, says <b>Greg Mills</b>.
The ANC has used its majority in a parliamentary committee to finalise the controversial information Bill, which critics vowed to challenge in court.