South Africa

British detectives are sifting through social media, security camera footage and witness statements, following the brutal murder of a serving soldier who survived a tour of duty in Afghanistan.

The Galapagos are now just a click away. Google has photographed the famous islands for Street View.

Zimbabwean researcher Peter Morgan has been named the winner of the 2013 Stockholm Water Prize for developing low-cost toilets.

Troubled eastern DRC has the best chance in years to secure a lasting peace but the United Nations stands ready to pacify the region by force if need be, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says.

Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has accused men in opposition benches of being part of the apartheid-era army that maimed and killed people, as she faced heavy criticism in the National Assenmly.

The Northern Cape has been ordered to compensate a teacher fired for refusing to alter a pupil's marks, the education department says.

The Afrikaners-only community Kleinfontein outside Rayton, east of Pretoria, has insisted in a debate with the DA that the criteria for its residents were not based on race.

A man from rural France impersonated Gangnam Style star PSY at the Cannes Film Festival, eating, drinking and partying with the stars in Cannes for two days, reports say.

Quade Cooper would like to use the Super Rugby clash against the Stormers to play himself back into contention for the Wallabies.

The Organisation of Islamic Co-operation has condemned what it called the "brutal and barbaric" killing of a British soldier in London, in what authorities suspect was an act by Islamic militants.