Breathtaking CCTV footage of a meteor lighting up the night sky over South Africa has been posted online.

Former president Thabo Mbeki's role as the facilitator of the Zimbabwean power-sharing deal is over.

A total of 923 government officials have been brought to book by the human settlement department's crackdown on corruption, Minister Tokyo Sexwale said on Thursday.

A baboon called Fred, sits inside a car as he eats a piece of fruit at Cape Point on the outskirts of Cape Town Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination - and a World Cup 2010 venue - who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons.

The risk of credit card fraud could increase during the 2010 Soccer World Cup, the South African Banking Risk Information Centre warned on Thursday.

South Africa's central bank should target employment when deciding on interest rates, and worry less about inflation when the economy is struggling, a top Cosatu official says.

About 400 residents of Atlantis, near Cape Town, burnt tyres and barred police from evicting people from an orphanage in the area on Thursday, said a community member.

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday appointed a new team to monitor Zimbabwe's troubled unity government accord, ending former president Thabo Mbeki's mediation role, his office said.

President Jacob Zuma has written a letter to the World Bank to support a US3.75 billion loan application by Eskom, Sake24 reported on Tuesday.

Loren Coleman on November 24th, 2009 A new species of chameleon has been discovered in Tanzania by a team of scientists.

The office of the ANC Chief Whip said it was saddened on Tuesday at the death of Democratic Alliance MP Cobus Schmidt.

By Louise Flanagan and Sapa Hospitals and clinics that fail to put patient treatment first and don't meet set standards face closure as part of a major crackdown.

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has approved the South African Broadcasting Corporation's application for a government guaranteed bailout of R1.4 billion.

It's the talk show talked about around the world. Oprah Winfrey's announcement last week that she will end her daytime TV program after its 25th season in 2011 made headlines from London to Johannesburg.

Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini and animal rights activists will meet in Durban on Tuesday to try and resolve a dispute over a bull-killing ritual.

Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons.

Fifteen police officers of the Durban dog unit were injured when their state-marked Quantum taxi collided with a bakkie in Newlands East, Durban on Tuesday, KwaZulu-Natal paramedics said.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called an extraordinary meeting of the world governing body's executive committee following the incidents which occurred during the World Cup play-offs. At the top of the list of topics to be discussed is likely to be Thierry Henry's handball in the France versus Republic of Ireland game.

There is a strong possibility some areas in Johannesburg may experience floods following the rainy week, warn the city's emergency services.

It was a meteor which lit up the skies over Johannesburg and Pretoria on Saturday night, an astronomer has confirmed.