Leonard Chuene, the athletics boss at the centre of the Caster Semenya gender scandal, has been fired and banned from the sport for seven years.
A "day of anger" against Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi turned into a bloodbath when security forces gunned down at least 24 people, HRW says.
Terror accused Brian Roach abandoned his bail application in the Alexandra Magistrate’s court on Friday.
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/ 18 February 2011
Cosatu in Gauteng is planning a strike and stayaway over the imminent introduction of additional toll fees in the province, it announced on Friday.
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/ 18 February 2011
Long renowned for pioneering extreme sports such as bungee-jumping and heli-skiing, New Zealanders are now pushing culinary boundaries.
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/ 18 February 2011
The countrywide road freight workers’ strike has entered its fifth day as no resolution could be reached on Thursday night.
Based in the Chemistry Department, SensorLab is an electrochemistry, nanoscience and sensor research laboratory founded by Professor Emmanuel Iwuoha.
A R450 zipper creation refers to a butterfly necklace. It has the weight of a heavy chain, but suggests something far more delicate and organic
See the programme of events for the Design Indaba 2011.
Save time and money by trading skills with your neighbours (and socialise at the same time).
Supporting inclusive citizenship and democracy.
The newly-established UWC HIV and AIDS Research Centre will be a world-class hub.
Director Professor Shirley Walters has led the creation of a lifelong learning research hub at UWC through ongoing research projects.
Nechama Brodie interviews Jodi Bieber, who last week won the 2010 World Press Photo award for Photo of the Year.
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/ 17 February 2011
Six people were killed in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday, as Muammar Gaddafi’s regime sought to overshadow an opposition "Day of Anger".
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/ 17 February 2011
Ousted Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is "in a coma" in a Saudi hospital following a stroke, a family friend said on Thursday.
The 10th cricket World Cup opened in a blaze of colour on Thursday, launching a gruelling 49-match, six-week sporting marathon.
The four unions involved in the road freight strike have rejected the Road Freight Employers’ Association’s latest offer, the company said.
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/ 17 February 2011
Punishment given to newspapers for irresponsible reporting should be "proportionate" to the harm caused, said Media Monitoring Africa on Thursday.
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/ 17 February 2011
Transnet’s largest trade union said on Wednesday it was "cautiously optimistic" about the appointment Brian Molefe as the parastatal’s new CEO.
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/ 17 February 2011
The Bassline in Newtown, Johannesburg will be hosting The Newspapers, Tidal Waves, Tumi and The Volume and aKING this weekend.
Listen to the indepth conversation between U2 frontman and activist Bono and <i>M&G</i> Editor Nic Dawes on a range of issues.
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/ 17 February 2011
A series of blasts levelled several arms depots at a Tanzanian army base and killed at least 17 people, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda said on Thursday.
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/ 17 February 2011
Japanese carmaker Honda on Thursday said it was recalling 693 497 vehicles worldwide due to defective parts.
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/ 17 February 2011
A South African working for a British oil company has been released unharmed after he was kidnapped in the volatile eastern DRC.
President Jacob Zuma is confident that South Africa "will never become a Tunisia", he said in an interview published on Thursday.
Former US secretary of state Colin Powell has asked why CIA failed to warn him over Iraqi defector who admitted fabricating Iraq bioweapons evidence.
Libya faced a nationwide "Day of Anger" on Thursday called by cyber-activists, two days after clashes in second city Benghazi left dozens injured.
Three-time champions the Bulls launch their title defence against the Lions in this weekend’s kick-off to the revamped Super 15 season.
Irish rocker Bono on Wednesday said it was "barking mad" for people to think he supported the "shoot the boer" song.
The countrywide road freight workers’ strike is to continue on Thursday as no resolution was reached during wage talks on Wednesday.
National police commissioner Bheki Cele on Wednesday said more than 120 people had been arrested in Wesselton near Ermelo in Mpumalanga.