South Africa

Despite Motor Neuron Disease breaking down his body, Joost van der Westhuizen's mind is still 100%, according to reports.

A report on the landing of a private plane at Waterkloof Air Force Base has revealed that the chief of state protocol told other officials he was "under pressure from number one".

Three Limpopo farmers have been arrested for alleged attempted murder after apprehending a suspected rhino poacher, a report says.

Cosatu's has not been granted permission for a planned protest against e-tolls on Johannesburg highways, because a previous protest broke the law, metro police say.

A Mpumalanga traffic department official has been arrested for shooting two bystanders while chasing an illegal hawker, a report says.

A Cape Town man has asked for forgiveness after confessing to killing a young mother in her Claremont house last year, according to a report.

Bulls scrumhalf Jano Vermaak will speak to Bok coach Heyneke Meyer before deciding between offers from the Bulls and Toulouse.

British Prime Minister David Cameron is to chair an emergency response committee meeting, after a knife attack in London left one person dead, a news report says.

Metro FM has pulled The Touchdown drive show after the team, led by T-Bo Touch, conducted an interview with erotica writer Jade Zwane which was deemed too explicit by management.

The children of a former Eastern Cape MEC, who died under mysterious circumstances in 2011, have succeeded in a court application to have her second marriage declared null and void.