The BBC’s Noor Nanji gives us an insight into the ex-Google boss confirmed as the BBC’s new Director General.

Record gold prices are pushing South Africa’s beleaguered mining industry to find new ways to recover the metal that sidestep the costly deep-shaft mining of old.

The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has reserved judgment in the MK Party’s urgent application to block Shamila Batohi’s pension, after hearing arguments on urgency and the legality of withholding state-funded benefits

Ekurhuleni is treating, with seriousness, revelations made about the city during the Madlanga Commission

A jawbone found in a Somerset cave rewrites the story of when and how dogs became our best friends.

The US congressman responded to a BBC Newsnight interview with a group of survivors of the late financier’s abuse.

A new study co-authored by a University of Pretoria conservation scientist argues that widely cited claims of catastrophic global wildlife decline may overstate biodiversity loss in Africa

Labour lawyer Chinette Gallichan was fatally shot outside the CCMA offices in Johannesburg CBD. Civil society groups say the attack represents a threat to South Africa’s rule of law, highlighting rising risks faced by legal professionals in the justice system

A twilight visit to Spier Light Art unfolds into a layered reflection, as two voices capture the power, intimacy and meaning of contemporary South African art

Model Gemma Kingsley, 50, is jailed for conning different men out of large sums of money.

Matlala’s Medicare24 contract was approved during Masemola’s tenure and later cancelled by the police commissioner after reports of poor service delivery and illegal procurement

London Marathon organisers are “looking at the intention” for next year’s event to take place across two days.

The newcomer introduces a sleek SUV coupé body style to the French brand’s local line-up and will compete in the B-segment passenger vehicle market.