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 Zimbabwe is set to stage national elections on the 31st of July, after the nation's highest court dismissed an application on Thursday by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to delay the voting. The ruling is seen as a win to President Robert

 Honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani is not fit to plead, but this should not stop his extradition proceedings. That's the word from the South African government's lawyer Hugo Keith, giving testimony at Dewani's extradition hearing in a

 A picture purportedly of the bathroom where paralympian Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, allegedly after he thought she was a burglar, has been posted on the SkyNews website in the United Kingdom. The

 The Department of International Relations says the two people abducted in the Yemeni town of Taiz, are indeed South Africans. Spokesperson, Clayson Monyela says they are believed to have been involved in the development of the hotel from

 A cub scout leader and mother of two has shown tremendous courage by confronting one of two men arrested for executing a man thought to be a British soldier in a south-east London street on Wednesday. A by-stander photographed Ingrid Loyau

 South African doctor, professor Cyril Karabus, should be home by the end of the week. That's the word from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation which says Karabus is expected to obtain an exit visa on Wednesday. The

 South African doctor, Cyril Karabus's bail money has been returned to him, but he is still waiting for his passport from United Arab Emirates officials. His lawyer Michael Bagraim says the R250 000 bail money has been returned, which shows

 South Africa's state-owned arms manufacturer Denel is trying to secure the release of 12 staff taken hostage in Senegal. The nine men and three women are Senegalese citizens employed at its demining company, Denel Mechem. Spokeswoman