The suspension of the public sector strike was a "step in the right direction", the ANC said.

Three suspects have been arrested in Malvern near Durban before they could rob a Spar supermarket, KwaZulu Natal police said.

Rustenburg local municipality manager Andries Boschoff has resigned, the municipality said.

African universities are key to remaking the continent, former president Thabo Mbeki.

The government does not have a practical rural safety programme to stop the killing of farmers, the Democratic Alliance has said in a statement.

A Grade 11 pupil was allegedly thrown out of class, prevented from writing two key exams and forced to spend three school days standing in a foyer after a racism row.

We have been forced to roll back to the old IOL due to teething problems with the new site.

Pretoria police have arrested a man in connection with the theft of rugby player Bees Roux's credit card.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has once again questioned the accepted version of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the US.

A strike by 1.3 million public sector workers has been suspended, union officials have said.

Public Administration Minister Richard Baloyi has welcomed the news that unions are suspending the public sector strike.

The Young Communist League has distanced itself from its national chairman David Masondo's criticism of the business dealings of President Jacob Zuma's family.

The South African Rugby Union says it won't speculate on reports that former coach Jake White has approached its president Oregan Hoskins about leading the Springboks to the World Cup instead of current coach Peter de Villiers.

We have been forced to roll back to the old IOL due to teething problems with the new site.

A 41-year-old carpenter has died after being gored in a running-of-the-bulls event in central Spain.

The South African Rugby Union says it won't speculate on reports that former coach Jake White has approached its president Oregan Hoskins about leading the Springboks to the World Cup instead of current coach Peter de Villiers.

Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia reached the quarter-finals of the US Open with a straight sets win over Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia.

It's labelled as a friendly, but there's plenty of prestige at stake in Tuesday's game between World Cup champion Spain and Argentina

Reular competition against top ranked countries should be a priority for the South African women's rugby team should they want to be more competitive

Pakistan associate manager Shafqat Rana said that teenage quick Mohammad Aamer's age should have no effect on any possible punishment if spot-fixing claims against the 18-year-old were proved.