Pretoria, South Africa News

THE South African National Defence Force is drawing lessons from its battle with Seleka forces in the Central African Republic to prepare for future peacekeeping operations in Africa army chief Lt-Gen Vusumuzi Masondo said on Thursday.

Hailing Africa's economic resurgence in the 21st century, the United States of America today talked about America's vision for global trade and opportunities for Africa.

South Africa's science and technology minister Derek Hanekom says the country's economy has turned a corner and that its research funding will grow again.

A new stem cell technique could regrow organs that the body will not reject and is an important step towards a cure for diseases such as Alzheimer's. A new stem cell technique could regrow organs that the body will not reject and is an important step towards a cure for diseases such as Alzheimer's and injuries such as spinal cord trauma.

But Pretoria could never manipulate the platinum price the way the Middle Eastern kingdom can influence oil's and talk of a platinum cartel, perhaps along the lines of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries , is a pipe-dream. The world's top platinum producers, South Africa and Russia, agreed to attempt to cope with excess supplies ... (more)

The nation's top military officer is warning that women in uniform are losing confidence that sexual assault in the armed services is a problem that can be solved.

Allegations that the Dockrat family is responsible for the establishment of al-Qaeda military camps in South Africa are motivated by racism and anti-Islamic sentiment.

PRETORIA, South Africa - South African soldiers who are training for a United Nations military mission in Congo will be adequately prepared even though the South African army as a whole is overstretched and underfunded, the army chief said Thursday.

An independent team will investigate bullying at a school in Mabopane, north of Pretoria, after an 11-year-old boy had to be hospitalised, the Gauteng education department said on Thursday.

Pretoria - The trial of two men accused of plotting the murder of Pretoria mother Chanelle Henning, was postponed on Wednesday.

Ambassador Rasool and other distinguished guests. Thank you so much for inviting me to participate in this year's Freedom Day celebration.

Brigadier Phuti Setati said on Tuesday that the envoy's driver also reported charges of crimen injuria and intimidation at Brooklyn Police Station in Pretoria.

The American Cancer Society writes that "many terms are used to describe tobacco that is put in the mouth, such as spit, oral, smokeless, chewing, and snuff tobacco." Using any kind of spit or smokeless tobacco is associated with major health risks.

If SA was a film production with the ANC as its writer, producer, director and lead actor, should we still want to view it? asks Xolani Khumalo .

South Africa has taken no decision yet about laying a complaint with India over the landing of a privately chartered plane at Waterkloof Air Force Base.

During the tour, Zuma and Putin would review bilateral relations and exchange views on critical regional and global issues, International Relations deputy minister Ebrahim Ebrahim said in Pretoria on Tuesday.

United Arab Emirates authorities have yet to clear administrative issues obstructing South African doctor Cyril Karabus's return home, Deputy International Relations Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim said on Tuesday.

South Africa will provide financial assistance to cash-strapped Zimbabwe to hold elections, International Relations Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim said on Tuesday.

Following the recent outrage in South Africa when a plane carrying Indian guests to a Gupta family wedding landed at a military air base, the BBC's Milton Nkosi asks: Who are the Guptas and how close are their links to President Jacob Zuma? Brothers Ajay, Atul and Rajesh Gupta, all in their 40s, relocated to South Africa from India's northern state ... (more)

The Dockrat cousins, now alleged to be running military training bases in South Africa, remain on the US sanctions list where they were put in 2007 for allegedly funnelling funding and trainees to al-Qaeda. Jack Hillmeyer, spokesman for the US embassy in Pretoria, would not comment on the latest developments, apart from confirming that the Dockrat ... (more)