Eight people facing a string of charges, including sexually assaulting children and charges relating to child pornography, were denied bail.
England closed to within 113 runs of an innings lead over fighting Australia on Tuesday.
Police in Madagascar have arrested a poacher accused of killing and grilling 32 lemurs, a small primate whose meat is prized as a delicacy.
Military helicopters supply food and medicine to city of Rockhampton after floods hit Queensland, killing three people.
Iran has invited several ambassadors accredited to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna to tour its nuclear facilities.
The abundance of four common species of bumblebees in the United States has dropped by 96% in just the past few decades.
More than 98% of candidates passed this year’s National Senior Certificate examination conducted by the Independent Examinations Board.
About 255 000 Zimbabweans took advantage of the government’s special dispensation to legalise their stay in SA, a government spokesperson said.
More than 1 000 miners will down tools at the Arnot Exarro coal mine in Mpumalanga to mourn the death of a worker.
The Free State minister caught driving at 235km/h was found guilty of reckless and negligent driving in court on Monday, police said.
Egypt was on high alert on Monday ahead of the Coptic Christmas holiday following a New Year’s Day church bombing that killed 21 people.
Namibian police have arrested a fugitive South African who fled to the US five years ago to avoid jail for the death of a striking worker.
The Gauteng health department has approved the hiring of specialists to fill vacant posts in the province’s hospitals, an official said on Monday.
Actor Pete Postlethwaite, who earned an Oscar nomination for his role in <em>In the Name of the Father</em>, died aged 64 following a lengthy illness.
British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who earned an Oscar nomination for his role in <em>In the Name of the Father</em>, has died aged 64.
Jacques Kallis moved into joint second place on the all-time Test centurions on Monday.
Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said he had no immediate plans to merge the two car-makers.
The case against the owner of a tavern where 10 people died in a New Year’s day stampede has been postponed to Friday.
Australia wasted a solid start on the rain-marred opening day of the final Ashes match against England on Monday.
Defending champion Carlos Sainz won Sunday’s first stage of the Dakar Rally, covering the 222km distance in two hours, 18 minutes, 32 seconds.
It may help people sleep better at night to think that a British husband might have organised for his Swedish-born wife to be killed in South Africa.
There was alarm for Apple over the weekend as iPhone and iPod users complained they had missed wake-up calls because of a software programming error.
Zimbabwe is likely to postpone a parliamentary election that President Robert Mugabe’s party wanted by mid-year.
Businessman Sandile Majali did not own the house in Sandown, Sandton, he had put up for security when released on bail, a media report said on Sunday.
A Free State minister is expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Monday after he was caught driving at 235km/h.
A year after the earthquake that left more than a million Haitians homeless, a unique scheme has given them the chance to spell out their needs.
The US military plans to to deploy a new drone in Afghanistan, which experts say will allow troops to monitor much larger operational theatre.
The owner of the tavern, where 10 people died in a stampede at a New Year’s day celebration in Ipelegeng in the North-West, has been arrested.
Bride Anni Dewani — who was killed during her honeymoon — wanted to tell her parents something urgently hours before she was murdered.
Government will work hard with the support of SA citizens to ensure that lessons learned from the World Cup help it to improve and deliver services.
In a divided nation of 21-million, the UN has expressed alarm at human rights abuses and there are fears of a civil war
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/ 31 December 2010
Some swear by a greasy breakfast and others on a strong cup of coffee for that nauseating headache the morning after over indulging.