Former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi is reportedly back in hospital after suffering dialysis complications.
The number of victims from the Congo armoury blast continues to rise as morgues run out of space and are forced to stack bodies two each onto a tray.
Namibia’s trade and industry minister is giving Walmart’s Massmart takeover the nod, provided it does not cut job within the first two years.
Iran has sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer, Abdolfattah Soltani, to 18 years in jail for allegedly spreading anti-regime propaganda.
The secondary Big Easy Tour has launched its second tournament at Houghton Golf Club — coinciding with the start of the first event.
Zimbabwe is set to announce the fate of Impala Platinum’s shareholding in its local unit after latest talks on black ownership ended in a deadlock.
Troops in Nigeria have shot and killed three suspected Boko Haram members after they were allegedly caught trying to burn down a school.
Velvet Sky’s attorney has withdrawn from its liquidation case, citing personal reasons — after being implicated in a mining-related fraud case.
MSF continues to work in Dadaab despite the abduction of two of their staff last year. MSF has launched a public report called Dadaab: Back to SquareOne.
Turkish Airlines has landed its maiden flight to Mogadishu, the first international commercial flight to the war-torn capital of Somalia in 20 years.
Zambia’s environmental agency has shut down a treatment plant belonging to Mopani Copper Mines after it violated pollution regulations.
A man is being treated for serious spinal injuries in hospital after he was headbutted by a giraffe outside Hammanskraal.
Reports have surfaced that reveal that Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula and his deputy fly more than their international relations counterparts.
At least 65 people have been killed in Madagascar since tropical storm Irina hit the island nation, weather authorities say.
Impala Platinum has confirmed that its Rustenburg mine has resumed operations after an illegal strike, which disrupted production, came to an end.
The Proteas have their claim to the world No. 1 Test ranking to keep in mind when they begin their three-match Test series against New Zealand.
Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained among those arrested after one of the biggest protests in Moscow for years.
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema says the youth will want "radical change" in South African politics, with or without him as their leader.
Ndlelenhle Primary School in Vosloorus is one school getting the most out of their iPads.
Two goals from Nomathemba Ntsibande secured Banyana Banyana a 2-0 win over Northern Ireland in their Group C fixture at the Cyprus Women’s Cup.
The League Managers’ Association chief has criticised Chelsea for sacking André Villas-Boas, saying the club was becoming an "embarrassment".
The Gambian Supreme Court has ruled it should lift sanctions on Libya and return the country’s assets to the ruling National Transitional Council.
The home affairs department is paying R33-million a year rental for its new Pretoria offices — almost R8-million more than what it previously paid.
Artist Ai Weiwei has expressed his regret at contributing to China’s successful hosting of the 2008 Olympics by designing the National Stadium.
Emergency officials say heavy rains and high winds caused by tropical storm Irina have killed eight people in Mozambique so far.
Foreign Affairs Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has dismissed Robert Mugabe’s push for new polls without reforms required by the country’s unity deal.
Julius Malema has offered to resign from the ANC Youth League, but his comrades are refusing to accept his resignation, the youth league says.
Glencore has brushed aside worries over Xstrata investors, sticking to its guns on what it called a "fair" deal for the companies’ merger.
With new focus on land and constitutional reform, the ANC says its policy discussion documents will take the country into its "second transition".
The probe into suspended top cop Bheki Cele has begun in Pretoria, with Judge Jack Moloi laying the ground rules and explaining the crux of the probe.
The Democratic Alliance has turned down an invitation to join a Cosatu-led protest against labour broking and e-tolling in Cape Town’s CBD.
At least 146 people were killed when a short circuit sparked a series of blasts at a munitions depot in the Republic of Congo’s capital Brazzaville.