Just weeks before new street names for Pretoria were approved, the Tshwane metro council changed policy requiring consultation with residents.
Over 1 000 teachers did not arrive for the start of the second school term on Tuesday, pleading exhaustion after a sports day.
Sudan has vowed to react with "all means" against a three-pronged attack it said South Sudanese forces launched against south Kordofan state.
Mali’s interim president will be sworn in on Thursday, ending a period of military rule that saw Tuaregs and Islamists seize half of the country.
The Competition Tribunal is expected to hear the case for the proposed merger between giants Anglo American PLC and De Beers South Africa today.
Louis Oosthuizen follows in the footsteps of Rory McIlroy this week as he looks to recover quickly in the tropical heat of the Maybank Malaysian Open.
Pace bowler Lakshimpathy Balaji’s haul of 4-18 helped Kolkata score a 42-run victory over Bangalore at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Rick Santorum has suspended his bid for the Republican US presidential ticket, leaving Mitt Romney as the party’s likely choice to challenge Obama.
President Joyce Banda has revealed a shake-up of top officials charged with government finances and media, purging loyalists of the former regime.
Standard Bank says it will reduce its stake in Turkish venture Standard Unlu, the latest move by the lender to scale back non-African operations.
China’s largest internet companies have promised the government they will banish online rumours after whispers of a coup swept through the country.
A leading member of the Church of England who believes gay people can be counselled to suppress their sexuality is helping select the next archbishop.
Crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli has applied for financial assistance from the state at an inquest hearing into a murder case.
Norway’s Anders Behring Breivik has been found sane after killing 77 people last year in what he called punishing "traitors" who favoured immigration.
Zimbabwe has dismissed reports that President Robert Mugabe is battling for his life in a Singapore hospital as "a lot of hogwash".
Nedbank boss Reuel Khoza has responded to Jimmy Manyi’s statements, saying deabte heightened awareness of society’s needs.
Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan said he was likely to undergo a scan after suffering from "excruciating pain" over the past few days.
When pupils are at imminent risk of forced marriage, schools sometimes have to take desperate measures like "bundling them into a car and away".
Augusto Palacios, Orlando Pirates’s interim coach, has expressed his disappointment at the team’s fans after they called for the keeper to be removed.
As Syria emarks on a new peace plan, news has emerged that its forces summarily executed over 100 civilians and rebel fighters in the past few months.
Transnet says it will create 588 000 new jobs in seven years by spending R300-billion on shifting SA’s freight focus from roads to rail.
A new psychiatric appraisal is to shed more light on whether Anders Behring Breivik can be held accountable for killing 77 people in Norway last year.
Rhino poachers killed a rhino cow and hacked off her horn in front of her one-month-old calf, at the Dabchick Nature Reserve near Alma in Limpopo.
Syrian forces have fired into Turkey, hitting a refugee camp amid mounting international concern hours before a UN deadline to end the crisis.
Ivan Glasenberg and Mick Davis are expected to begin global tour to coax shareholders into accepting their proposed £23-billion merger deal.
Cabinet spokesperson Jimmy Manyi has lashed out at Nedbank chairperson Reuel Khoza for his "attack" on government.
Tottenham is clinging onto the final Champions League qualification place after losing 2-1 to Norwich in the Premier League.
DNA taken from a coffin found in a mass grave in Libya may match that of South African photographer Anton Hammerl who was killed near Brega last year.
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says the World Bank needs a shake-up to end the inertia that has built up over six decades.
Seventy-two people were injured when a fully laden bus went off the road near Rosendal in the Free State and rolled several times down an embankment.
Eleven days after being injured in a car accident, Limpopo premier Cassel Mathale is expected to resume his duties on Tuesday.
Maritzburg United need to up their display if they are to remain in the Premiership and be competitive in their Nedbank Cup run.