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People in Gauteng saw the bright light at around 11pm on Saturday night, heading towards the north of Pretoria. "We saw this big green ball of fire. It kind of came out of the sky, out of the blue," one...

Troops kill many protesters in Guinea stadium Democracy rally turns into slaughter as soldiers fire into crowds at Conakry arena Xan Rice in Nairobi and agencies in Conakry At least 87 people, possibly many more, have been killed after soldiers...

A 24-year-old woman, believed to be an intern social worker, was shot dead in an attempted hijacking in Alexandra on Wednesday, Johannesburg police said. Blonde-haired Bianca Warburton had stopped her car at a stop street near the Alexandra clinic when...

Ejection seat malfunction.” These were the last words heard by a former air force pilot before his fighter plane crashed on Saturday at the Bredasdorp air show...Rescuers found remains of his clothing about 10km from the Overberg air force base....

World champions South Africa suffered a second successive loss on their northern hemisphere tour as France triumphed in Toulouse last night. Les Bleus overturned a 13-3 deficit, with Julien Dupuy kicking four penalties, his replacement Morgan Parra adding a fifth...

Thousands of people gathered in the city centre, hoping to buy plane tickets to Sudan for a World Cup qualification play-off against Egypt. Fans broke into the offices of Egypt Air and an Egyptian phone company. Wednesday's play-off is required...

Thousands of Algerian and Egyptian fans have flocked into Khartoum ahead of Wednesday's make-or-break World Cup qualification play-off, with police out in force to segregate the rival supporters. Security forces were on high alert to prevent any repetition of violence...

Paul and Rachel Chandler, both in their 50s, had left the Seychelles on their 38-foot yacht Lynn Rival and were believed to be sailing to Tanzania when they were hijacked on October 23. "After we understood the British navy might...

The almost intact female hominid skeleton, unearthed from a desert in Ethiopia, is the oldest-known human-like skeleton, writing a new chapter in human evolution...Experts believe she stood about 4ft tall and walked on two legs some of the time, while...