Shrien Dewani, 30, from Bristol, and his Swedish-born wife Anni, 28, were in a taxi driving through a township in Cape Town on Nov 13 when they were ambushed by two carjackers.

The iconic Athlone Cooling Towers were demolished in just eight seconds during a surprise implosion on Sunday, the City of Cape Town said. The power station towers known by locals as “the two ladies of Athlone” were detonated at 11:56am —...

Nurses, teachers, clerks, immigration officers, and home affairs personnel all walked out on the job, bringing almost all essential services to a halt. The strike was called when talks broke down over wage increases. Unions had demanded an 8.6 percent...

THE South African Human Rights Commission (HRC) is planning a high-level meeting with an interministerial committee on xenophobia as an exodus of Zimbabweans was reported yesterday amid threats of violence against foreigners. Zimbabwean nationals were...

A willingness to compete and a fighting spirit are the two major factors that have propelled Ghana to the World Cup quarter-finals, says coach Milovan Rajevac, praising his players after their win over the United States on Saturday. The Serbian also...

The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has found a Zapiro cartoon depicting President Jacob Zuma about to rape “Lady Justice” did not constitute hate speech, unfair discrimination or a violation of any human right enshrined in the...

FIFA’s brand police detained more than 30 Dutch women and interrogated them for three hours on accusations for wearing outfits designed by a Dutch beer company on Monday, The Star newspaper reported. “The police came and kept on asking us...

Mystery surrounds the disappearance of a consignment of 14,931 carats of diamonds worth nearly $3 million, belonging to Williamson Diamonds Ltd of Tanzania. The consignment disappeared at the Oliver Tambo International Airport in South Africa, en route...

Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba was named African Footballer of the Year on Thursday, beating Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o and Ghana’s Michael Essien for the 2009 award. The announcement came on the Chelsea striker’s 32nd birthday...

A hospital chef lost her arm in a taxi accident because of government negligence in repairing a pothole, the Pietermaritzburg High Court heard on Monday.