The UK government on Wednesday raised tensions with the Kremlin by announcing it would expel a Russian defence attache for being "an undeclared military intelligence officer".
One of the largest food banks in Johannesburg was forced to close its doors this week due to delays in funding from the Gauteng Department of Social Development.
Omnivat, a renewable energy startup founded by five University of Cape Town graduates, are the runners-up of prestigious energy innovation competition backed by SA billionaire Patrice Motsepe.
The Eastern Cape Liquor Board has shot down a recommendation by the South African Human Rights Commission to put a moratorium on issuing liquor licences until its capacity to monitor compliance has been bolstered.
The M1 bridge will cost the City of Johannesburg more than R20 million to repair following a fire caused by cable theft on 1 May.
The death toll from heavy rains that swamped Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state in recent days has climbed to 100, local civil defence said on Wednesday, adding that 128 people were still missing.
Three cousins hired as cleaners at the George building that collapsed on Monday afternoon are believed to still be trapped underneath the rubble, and their families are at their wits' end.
Former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter says he gave the job his best shot and would probably do it again, though he would likely change his coffee drinking habits.
After 48 hours of searching, rescue workers continue to look for 39 people who are still unaccounted for after the construction site they were working on in George collapsed on Monday.
Thailand will re-list cannabis as a narcotic by year-end, its prime minister said on Tuesday, in a stunning U-turn just two years after becoming one of the first countries in Asia to decriminalise its recreational use.
The South African Weather Service has issued a fire danger warning for the northern and south-eastern parts of the Northern Cape as well as in places over the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape.
The eight presidential protection officers, who pulled over a vehicle and accosted the driver along the N1 highway in Johannesburg, claimed that they wanted to check whether the driver was a threat.
A Chinese national on the run for allegedly killing a sex worker and injuring three others has been linked to a burglary case in La Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal.
Shell has agreed to sell its Singapore refining and chemicals assets to a joint venture between commodity trader Glencore and Indonesia’s PT Chandra Asri Pacific.
First, the senior leaders in the uMkhonto weSizwe Party fought over positions and party lists – and now the party's newly formed youth structure has also descended into factional fighting.
Linking of Israeli actions in Gaza to crimes of the stature of the Holocaust locks many Israelis into deep-defensive mode as they view the Hamas attacks as having had genocidal intent, argues Michael Schmidt.
Hoping to attract support in Soweto, the ANC in Gauteng leaned on star power, whipping out soccer champion Doctor Khumalo and musician Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse.
London's Garrick Club voted to allow women to join for the first time since it was founded in 1831, responding to growing public pressure to end its archaic all-male setup.
There are mounting reasons for the Bulls not to give up on the prospect of a top-two URC finish, writes Rob Houwing.
Despite the probability of Constitutional Court challenges, the Electoral Commission of SA is pushing ahead with final preparations for the general election later this month.
The Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) has instructed its members not to accept adverts from Sygnia claiming savers could be losing up to 60% of their retirement savings to fees.
While one Eastern Cape family mourns the brutal stabbing of a teenager and her grandmother, another family is grieving after their teenage daughter was beaten to death. Boyfriends have been implicated in both incidents.
South Africa will provide a new timeline for the shutdown of coal-fired power plants in a bid to secure about $2.6 billion or R48 billion in climate finance.
On Sunday, Golden Spurs were among the four teams that had advanced to the knockout stages of the Itireleng soccer tournament, in the informal settlement outside Pretoria.
One of Britain’s top hedge fund managers lost a legal fight over the salvage of $40 million (R750 million) of silver from the wreck of a ship sunk by a Japanese submarine in World War II.