The second day of the second Castle Lager Test between Proteas and Australia at Kingsmead was a day of high drama.

Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille has warned South Africans that if the ANC president becomes president he will cover up corruption.

ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has accused Congress of the People leaders of enriching themselves through the arms deal, the SABC has reported.

An expert on parole rules has been left shocked by Schabir Shaik's release on medical grounds.

Jason Canterbury was just 19 when he won R6,7-million in the national lottery and started living the good life, but he spent it all in a few years. Now he is facing a charge of murder.

The accident that claimed the life of Morgan Tsvangirai's wife "was a perfect organised hit which was designed to eliminate the President of MDC", according to his party.

The head of a modelling agency has allegedly promised to pay attractive teens R1-million for a topless photo shoot and R5m for full frontal nude shots.

Day Two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens exploded into decadent life, with intoxicated Westerners of both sexes stripping off to the bare minimum and pouring beer down their gullets as fast as they could, writes Mike Greenaway.

The nurse that cared for convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik admitted that she had been dubious of her patient's medical condition at first. But she has since changed her opinion.

Authorities have arrested the driver of the truck that collided with Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's car.

Zimbabwe's new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was injured and his wife killed when their car collided with a freight truck, sources say.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of South Africa says it is an "utter disgrace" that a baseless campaign has been launched against him.

The African National Congress has reacted angrily to the news of MP Dennis Bloem's defection to COPE, slamming his behaviour as "politically immoral".

African National Congress MP Dennis Bloem has confirmed that he will wear the colours of the Congress of the People from now on.

Nicolette de Villiers awoke in the middle of the night to the screams of her teenage daughter. A short while later, the girl gasped and died.

A Pretoria man has been found guilty of attacking and raping his 64-year-old mother after a dagga-fuelled night on the town.

A mobile crane has fallen onto its side, damaging a concrete stand at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban.

The Congress of the People has a lot of work to do to secure the votes of South Africans who have not yet decided where to put their crosses, according to a survey.

In his youth, Nelson Mandela was just as "intolerable" as ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema is now, according to Cosatu general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.

Fraudster Schabir Shaik was released on medical parole just weeks before a change in the law that would have given the Inspecting Judge of Prisons the power to refer the decision for review.