Africa

Solar Impulse the solar plane has left Phoenix on the 2nd leg of a US trip intended to boost interest in clean energy.

Unidentified gunmen have shot dead at least seven women and five men at a brothel in Baghdad, in the same area where alcohol shops were attacked last week.

The City of Johannesburg has tabled the highest budget in the country and says it is aimed at creating growth, unity and a developmental city.

Libyan army special forces have arrested an armed group in the eastern city of Benghazi in possession of hundreds of anti-tank mines and material for making explosives.

Labour inspectors have clamped down on a Free State contractor using sewage water to suppress dust, while building a new road.

The Constitutional Court is set to hand down judgment in a matter involving a dispute about the salary increases of regional magistrates and regional court presidents.

Stormers coach Allister Coetzee says criticism that his side plays better rugby without the ball is not completely unfounded.

Former Bafana Bafana midfielder Stanley Kgatla is among 12 players that are headed for the exit door at AmaZulu during the off-season.

France will invest about €20m to increase security for diplomats and embassies in the Middle East and Africa after its mission in Libya was targeted by a car bomb.

The specialised police units deployed in Marikana during labour unrest were given the means to kill striking miners, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry has heard.