Today at 01:47:02 - A South African surgeon has been elected President of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH) at the Federation’s 11th triennial Congress held in Seoul, Korea, ...

04/02/2012 at 01:15:32 - South Africans have saved 1 800 megawatts worth of electricity – enough to power a city the size of Durban – through energy efficient lighting since 2004, says state energy utility, Eskom.

03/02/2012 at 01:17:02 - Food items have been donated to the Duduza community by farmers in the area, after a tornado ripped through the settlement at the weekend, Agri SA said on Tuesday.

03/02/2012 at 01:17:02 - Growth in sub-Saharan African may exceed growth in all other regions except developing Asia, the International Monetary Fund said in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

02/02/2012 at 16:18:46 - Africa will target the establishment of a continental free trade area by 2017, said a document issued at the closing of the 18th summit of the African Union (AU) on Tuesday.

Today at 01:46:57 - Zimbabwe will have to hold fresh elections by March next year to replace the uneasy power sharing government with President Robert Mugabe, says Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.

05/02/2012 at 22:45:03 - President Jacob Zuma will use social media to find out what is troubling South Africans ahead of his State of the Nation address, his office says.

05/02/2012 at 22:45:02 - "There's a government excavator [worth more than R2m] on my stoep," says Mpumalanga farmer Gerrie Roets.

05/02/2012 at 22:45:01 - The sanctions against suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema will only take effect after mitigation, SABC radio news reports.

05/02/2012 at 22:17:21 - Tshwane mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa has hit back at reports that he has seven bodyguards.

05/02/2012 at 22:17:21 - Three people have died and three others have been injured after their a car collided with a tipper truck on the R549 near Vereeniging, paramedics say.

05/02/2012 at 21:16:03 - President Jacob Zuma will be using suggestions from South Africans on Facebook, Twitter and email ahead of his state of the nation address next week.

05/02/2012 at 19:46:29 - The Democratic Alliance has come out strongly against the ANC's proposed mining tax, saying it would discourage investment at the expense of jobs.

05/02/2012 at 16:18:09 - Police have arrested 43 people in Thabong for public violence and looting, which have been linked to unemployment protests and xenophobia.

05/02/2012 at 15:17:40 - Protesters and police have fought pitched battles at security headquarters as deadly clashes raged into a fourth day after Egypt's deadly soccer riot.

05/02/2012 at 14:46:14 - Nigeria's Movement for the Emancipaton of the Niger Delta has claimed responsibility for the attack on an oil pipeline owned by Italian firm Eni.