More than 70 000 workers involved in construction on 2010 World Cup stadiums embarked on a strike on Wednesday to press for higher wages.

Leading aid organisations demand that G8 countries take urgent action to make up shortfall in aid promised to Africa.

Seventeen new cases of swine flu have been confirmed in South Africa, pushing the total of infections to 47.

South Africa's manufacturing output contracted in the year to May, official data showed, indicating the sector remains under pressure.

Former ANC spokesperson Carl Niehaus has asked to be given a second chance to rectify his mistakes, the SABC reported on Thursday.

Lance Armstrong insists the gathering media storm around his efforts to claim an unprecedented eighth Tour de France victory is no distraction.

Cope leaders Mosiuoa Lekota Lekota and Mbhazima Shilowa said on Thursday they did not know why their number three, Lynda Odendaal, quit this week.

South Africa has put together a list of proposed black candidates for a new chairperson of Anglo American, including Cyril Ramaphosa.

Renowned criminologist Irma Labuschagne has died, her family said on Thursday.

The onset of the summer rainy season in September has aid agencies worried that a new wave of cholera could spike again.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Thursday said some white farmers would be spared under his controversial land reforms.

Rallying rich and developing nations alike, US President Barack Obama wants the world's top polluters to keep driving toward halting global warming.

Springbok coach Peter De Villiers has been under the spotlight following recent controversial statements.

Julius Malema has admitted making comments about a woman who laid a rape charge against President Jacob Zuma, but denied they constituted hate speech.

Posters of Barack Obama festooned the streets of the Ghana capital, Accra, on Thursday ahead his visit.