Slovakian prodigy Peter Sagan claimed a shortened third stage of the Paris-Nice race.

Nigerian police have revised the death toll from last weekend’s religious slayings in the centre of the country.

Two cars reported hijacked in Gauteng have been recovered after an ATM blast at the Nhlazatshe crossing complex near Badplaas.

Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale says the government may approach Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo about a court ruling on evictions.

Civil rights group AfriForum's youth division plans to hand a list of more than 1600 farm attacks to the ANC Youth League at Luthuli House.

A 36-year-old man was seriously injured when two pit bull terriers attacked him at his home outside Pietermaritzburg, paramedics have said.

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has won his second Laureus Sportsman of the Year award, and American tennis player Serena Williams won the woman's prize.

Springbok Sevens coach, Paul Treu, has made two changes to the Springbok Sevens team who will feature in the next two tournaments of the IRB Sevens World Series.

PRETORIA - Three men have been arrested for the rape and murder of an 83-year-old Pretoria woman, police said on Wednesday.

Sol Campbell believes he could yet make a dramatic return to England duty at the World Cup.

Trade union Uasa has said that it was surprised that ANC members of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Labour did a complete turnabout on issues regarding labour brokers.

The strong rand again weighed down South African wool prices during the weekly national sale, Cape Wools said.

People looking for jobs on the Internet were warned to be careful about handing over money for "processing" after at least three people have been fleeced this way, Mpumalanga police said.

Firefighters had to break open the main gates of the Tshwane South College in Atteridgeville on the second day of protests.

Corey Haim, a Hollywood teen star of the 1980s who became as famous for his struggles with substance abuse as his acting, was found unresponsive at the Los Angeles apartment he shared with his mother.

Cathedral Peak Hotel wants the High Court to order the transport department to repair roads.

Charlie Sheen will return to the set of 'Two and a Half Men' next week.

Pope Benedict XVI denounced the "atrocious" bloodshed in Nigeria on Wednesday after a massacre of Christian villagers, as police said 49 people would be charged over the killings.

President Jacob Zuma's dithering on declaring his assets is not an isolated case, the Cope said.

While improving sales and new orders have boosted trading in the economy, they are also creating fertile ground for inflation to flourish, according to a survey.

A Pretoria North mother and her ex-boyfriend were convicted of raping, sodomising and repeatedly indecently assaulting the woman's six-year-old daughter.

An alleged drug lord was arrested in Wynberg, Cape Town for allegedly abducting a 40-year-old man.

Bakkies Botha will miss both home Super 14 matches before the Bulls embark on their Australasian tour and also not make the tour.

The IMF chief has praised SAs economic policies for shielding the nation from the worst of the global recession but says reforms are still needed to create jobs.

The South African Government Printing Works (GPW) will cease printing passports if it does not receive the R126 million it is owed by the Department of Home Affairs, a Democratic Alliance (DA) MP said today.