South African youth leader Julius Malema loses his appeals against the ruling ANC’s decision to suspend him for bringing the party into disrepute.

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ANC youth leader appeal dismissed

Four South African men are sentenced to 18 years for stabbing and stoning to death a 19-year-old lesbian six years ago.

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SA lesbian killers get 18 years

South Africa hires 150 extra rangers for the world-renowned Kruger national park to try to combat record poaching of rhinos for their horns.

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South Africa boosts rhino wardens

A mini-series based on the life of Nelson Mandela is in the pipeline, with producers including the former South African president’s grandson.

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Nelson Mandela biopic in pipeline

Tens of thousands of South Africans gather in Bloemfontein for a rally to mark the 100th anniversary of the African National Congress.

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Mass rally to mark ANC centenary

A plan to drill for natural gas in Karoo, South Africa, would use millions of gallons of water in a drought-stricken region.

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Drilling Down: South African Farmers See Threat From Fracking

A South African newspaper apologises after tweeting an inaccurate report about Nelson Mandela being hospitalised.

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Mandela hospital tweet apology

Sri Lanka end a run of 15 Tests without a win to claim their first ever victory in South Africa.

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Sri Lanka triumph in South Africa

South Africa and Australia are the last two remaining countries in the shortlist to host the Square Kilometre Array telescope.

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VIDEO: S Africa’s bid to host huge telescope

Agreement on new measures to combat global warming appears within reach at the UN climate talks in South Africa, but time is running short.

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Time runs short for climate deal

JOHANNESBURG — Tens of thousands of years before scientists had realized, our ancestors in what is now South Africa were making their homes safer and more comfortable with grasses and leaves we still use today, researchers said in an article published Friday in the journal Science. Lyn Wadley of Johannesburg’s University of the Witwatersrand, who led an international team of researchers, said mats believed used for bedding and work surfaces fit other findings that show modern man evolved in Africa. Read full article > >

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Ancient beds designed to ward off insects add to evidence modern man evolved in Africa

The chief economist for the International Energy Agency said Monday that current global energy consumption levels put the Earth on a trajectory to warm by 6 degrees Celsius (10.8 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels by 2100, an outcome he called “a catastrophe for all of us.” Fatih Birol spoke as as delegates from nearly 200 countries convened the opening day of annual U.N. climate talks in Durban, South Africa. Read full article > >

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World on track for nearly 11-degree temperature rise, energy expert says

The officials from around the world who will gather in South Africa on Monday to convene the latest round of U.N. climate negotiations are facing an uncomfortable fact: The global pact that has dictated greenhouse-gas targets since 1997 may no longer be relevant. The mandatory targets of the Kyoto Protocol cover less than a third of the world’s carbon output. Major emitters are not bound by it. And, increasingly, the world is relying on a patchwork of measures rather than a universal treaty to lessen the impacts of global warming. Read full article > >

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As U.N. climate talks get underway in South Africa, local strategies are replacing the Kyoto global pact

Former South Africa head coach Jake White distances himself from the vacant England manager’s job.

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White plays down England job link

Less than a week before U.N. negotiators convene in South Africa for a new round of talks aimed at forging a global climate pact, a hacker has released an apparent second round of e-mails from the University of East Anglia in Britain, seeking to portray climate scientists in a negative light. The e-mail exchanges, which appear to have been pulled from the same set of pirated electronic files taken from servers at the university’s Climatic Research Unit more than two years ago, do not contain any new revelations about research linking human activity to global warming. But the release highlights the ongoing conflict between some bloggers and climate-change skeptics who challenge this scientific consensus, and those who support it. Read full article > >

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‘Climate-gate’ resurfaces with a new round of e-mails