Pretoria, South Africa News

Carl Pistorius, the older brother of South African Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, was acquitted of culpable homicide over a deadly road crash five years ago.

It's time to celebrate the arts and especially the artists with four days of theatre presented in aid of the Theatre Benevolent Fund at the refurbished and redesigned Aula on the University of Pretoria campus from May 29 to June 2. With Lizz Meiring wanting to give back in abundance after 30 years in the business, she has gathered friends on the ... (more)

A teaser poster for a film adaptation of former president Nelson Mandela's autobiography has been unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival in France, Channel 24 reported on Monday.

Why should the law regulate marriage when so many people in South Africa decide to live together or cohabit without getting married? asks Bertus Preller .

Five months after Janine Meiring's newborn son Donavan died, just a few hours after he slipped from her body and bounced on the floor at a Pretoria hospital on Christmas Eve, she is still struggling to get answers and a death certificate.

President Jacob Zuma has agreed to reinstate a deal with Maseru in which South Africa will finance a hydroelectric plant in Lesotho to boost electricity supplies to both countries.

Apartheid South Africa looked after white people and nobody else. Now some of its white communities face a level of deprivation, or of violence, which threatens their future in the country.

MOSCOW: A number of mice and eight gerbils sent into space in a Russian capsule destined to find out how well organisms can withstand extended flights perished during their journey, scientists said yesterday as the month-long mission touched back down on Earth.

This picture courtesy of the Gupta family shows Vela Gupta and her husband Indian-born Aaskash Jahajgarhia posing with relatives and guests during ceremonies for their wedding in Sun City, South Africa, on May 1, 2013.

Agang leader Mamphela Ramphele has announced two high-profile additions to her staff - veteran journalist Thabo Leshilo and Absa banking executive Nkosinathi Solomon.

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.