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The public sector strike has turned ugly because President Jacob Zuma is surrounded by people who fail to advise him correctly, says the SACP.

Toxicology testing at SA's three skills-strapped forensic laboratories takes years, Parliament's health portfolio committee has heard.

A Northern Cape municipal official and a contractor have been arrested on fraud and corruption charges for bad road repairs.

A Pretoria teenager has told court how she kept her hand on a wound in her dad's chest after he'd been shot.

Cosatu has announced that it will lead the "biggest march ever seen in Swaziland" next week in support of the unbanning of political parties in that country.

The SA government has closed its embassy in Mozambique following violent riots in Maputo and airlines have cancelled flights into the capital.

Kenya’s telecommunications regulator has told mobile phone users to ignore swirling rumours that receiving calls from some numbers appearing in red can cause brain haemorrhage.

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has sacked a top police chief and the head of internal security, just a month after rumours of an attempted coup in the capital.

Botswana has charged the former defence minister with corruption after he failed to disclose his position as a shareholder in a company that was awarded a government contract.

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