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Karun & Thee Mc Africa Leave Camp Mulla
The 'Fresh All Day' camp is becoming a little bit dry after two of its members left the group to pursue different career paths.
Mandela name pulled into South Africa politics
Nelson Mandela, old and frail, lives in seclusion in his Johannesburg home. Beyond the high walls of the house, the fighting over his image and what he stood for has already begun.
South African President Jacob Zuma implicated in Gupta wedding plane scandal
A South African government report released on Wednesday implicated President Jacob Zuma in a scandal over a plane chartered by rich friends of his which landed at a military base without proper permission.The presidency and Zuma's ruling African National Congress have denied demanding landing permission for the flight carrying nearly 200 guests for ... (more)
A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 23-year-old in Umlazi, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Wednesday.
Shah Rukh Khan's Chalte Chalte at South African University to mark Bollywood centenary
The University of the Witwatersrand marked the centenary of Indian cinema with two special events - a week-long screening of five famous Indian films from different eras and a talk by academic Dilp Menon, Director of the Centre for Indian Studies, titled 'Making a Song and Dance of it: taking Bollywood seriously'. Cinema buffs got a taste of how ... (more)
South African Conservative Makes The Case For Israel
From The Algemeiner : "Reverend Kenneth Meshoe, a member of the South African Parliament and founder of the African Christian Democratic Party , sees irony in how the anti-Israel attitudes of his country's mainstream politicians are depriving them of benefits the Jewish state could bring them.
Applicant has 'epileptic attack'
A man who died after a fitness test in KwaZulu-Natal last year succumbed because of an epileptic attack, a commission of inquiry heard on Wednesday.
MEC hails Kloof murder sentence
KwaZulu-Natal community safety MEC Willies Mchunu on Wednesday welcomed the 25-year jail sentence the Durban High Court handed to the man who murdered Kloof resident Rodney Bradley.
Goverment shocked by racist Kleinfontein
The government expressed dismay on Wednesday that there were still citizens who did not want to integrate into a democratic South Africa.
DA Youth to protest racist settlement
The reported racial exclusion policies of Kleinfontien farm settlement, near Pretoria, will be the target of a Democratic Alliance Youth protest on Thursday.
Charges laid against Tlokwe mayor
"It is an obligation in terms of section 34 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act to report criminal activities as listed in the document," DA MPL Chris Hattingh said in a statement.
University Students to Learn Zulu in South Africa
The University of KwaZulu-Natal has announced that starting next year, all entering students must study Zulu .
Where Else Do Tornadoes Strike?
The U.S. gets hit the most, but South Africa, Bangladesh, and Canada also see a fair amount of twisters.
Okla. celebs react to tornado devastation
Reba McEntire has physically been in Cape Town, South Africa, but her heart has been with those suffering in her home state of Oklahoma.
Fifteen years after being acquitted in the sensational R31.4 million SBV robbery, a Durban businessman now faces possible life imprisonment for murder after a nine-year-old girl and her grandmother were killed in a hand grenade attack while sleeping.
BBC report on white South Africans distorts truth
A controversial BBC report on white South Africans has been condemned by the ANC and the DA for being incongruent with the reality in the country.
Visitors flocking to NZ in record numbers
Chinese visitors usually opted to book package deals or tours of New Zealand, with the Bay of Islands, Rotorua and Queenstown.
Court frees man in murder that shocked SAfricans
A magistrate drops charges against the boyfriend accused in the brutal gang-rape and killing of a teenager that shocked South Africans.
Brother of Oscar Pistorius acquitted of culpable homicide in 2008 road death
Carl Pistorius, the older brother of South African Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, was acquitted of culpable homicide over a deadly road crash five years ago.
Mpisane audit spurned, court told
The Sars audit specialist who is testifying in the tax fraud trial of businesswoman Shauwn Mpisane admitted on Monday that her bosses had questioned the credibility of her audit.