Former South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher could regain most of the sight in his left eye after a freak accident tore his retina, his doctor said on Thursday.

Seismologists say a strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck north of the Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius.

A Western Cape official was transferred because of his lifestyle choices, the Cape Town Labour Court heard on Thursday.

Transport MEC Robin Carlisle''s former spokesperson Steven Otter was recently t

Former US president Bill Clinton on Tuesday paid a surprise visit to Nelson Mandela at his home in picturesque south-eastern village Qunu on the eve of the anti-apartheid icon's 94th birthday.

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A man from Idaho has been charged for seeking men to rape his wife by placing ad in the 'casual encounters' section of classifieds website Craigslist.

The 32-year-old man had been accused on Monday o

South Africa's Nelson Mandela turns 94 on Wednesday, but he is unlikely to attend a host of celebrations as the frail anti-apartheid icon has increasingly vanished from the public eye.

More than 30 people were on Friday killed in South Africa when a train ploughed into a truck carrying dozens of farm workers on a railway line, an official said.

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South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday said Nelson Mandela was in good health after having lunch with the revered leader at his rural homestead in Qunu ahead of his 94th birthday next week.

Double amputee Oscar Pistorius is going to the London Olympics after being selected for South Africa's 4x400 relay team.

Pistorius is set to become the first amputee track athlete ever to compete at

Chimpanzees at a sanctuary for the animals in eastern South Africa pulled an American researcher who was leading a tour into their enclosure, bit him severely and dragged him nearly half a mile (kilom