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Hanuman stick murder accused Rajan Kandasamy will be admitted to the Fort Napier mental institution on Tuesday for mental observation.

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said his party would not allow the May 7 elections to be presided over by people with "questionable credentials".

Ian Hanson and Phumzile Tyulu from activist group Ndifuna Ukwazi. Hanson says that in reality every day people are being beaten by vigilante mobs.

Following her highly successful five concert sell-out SA tour in 2011, eight-time Grammy Award nominated singer-songwriter, pianist and composer, Tori Amos returns to South Africa at the end of June 2014 for four performances only as part of her world tour in support of her latest album, Unrepentant Geraldines.

The pathologist who conducted a post-mortem examination on Oscar Pistorius' girlfriend is continuing to give his evidence at the athelete's murder trial.

South Africa has expelled a Burundi diplomat in connection with a raid on an exiled Rwandan general's Johannesburg home, according to a Burundian official.

Yasiin Bey has been living in Cape Town, South Africa since May 2013, according to an article in Mail & Guardian .

After 20 years of democracy our country is performing way under its potential. And it is evident on both sides of the spectum, says Chris Kanyane .

DryBath is a germ-killing gel that allows you to take a bath without using a single drop of water or soap -- all you need is to apply the gel on your skin and then vigorously rub it off using your hands.

Desmond Tutu, the noted civil rights leader who became the first black archbishop of Cape Town, compared Israel's treatment of the Palestinians to the apartheid regime that discriminated against blacks in his native South Africa.

Affiliates may not cut these photos out of the pkg for individual use.*** --SUPERS--:00-:10Kelly PhelpsCNN Legal Analyst*alt*Kelly PhelpsLaw Faculty, University of Cape Town --LEAD IN--THE OSCAR PISTORIUS MURDER TRIAL CONTINUES IN THE COMING HOURS.THE DOUBLE AMPUTEE TRACK STAR SAID HE MISTOOK HIS GIRLFRIEND, REEVA STEENKAMP, FOR A BURGLAR AND ... (more)

A security guard who says he spoke with Oscar Pistorius soon after the fatal shooting of Reeva Steenkamp was continuing his testimony at the double-amputee athlete's murder trial on Monday.

President Jacob Zuma says the government must push for increased black ownership of the continent's biggest economy, signalling his policy focus as he prepares for a second term in office.

Jacob Zuma's tenure should be marked by a foreign policy that can at best be described as being schizophrenic, writes Kameel Premhid .

An Islamic organisation has voiced its disgust on Friday after a 10 year-old-boy was assaulted and molested at mosque in Lenasia.Earlier reports said the boy was assaulted at a church, but according to Jamiatul Ulama South Africa the incident happened at a mosque in Lenasia's Extension 11. Jamiatul Ulama South Africa general secretary Moulana E I ... (more)

Detectives involved in a case whereby a man was convicted and sentenced in Pietermaritzburg for raping his teenage stepdaughter were lauded by the Kwazulu-Natal provincial police commissioner on Sunday.

No South African citizens were on the Malaysia Airlines jet which vanished with 239 people on board, the international relations department said on Sunday.

If we were without prejudice, every murder in Gugulethu would get the same attention as Anni Dewani's death.

President Jacob Zuma left behind a trail of happy people on Friday afternoon when he completed his door-to-door campaign in Soshanguve, Mabopane and Ga-Rankuwa, north of Pretoria.

A corruption-free government, service delivery to communities and investment towards infrastructure would stimulate growth in the South African economy, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Saturday.