Cape Town

'It's sort of in the blood': Thatcher granddaughter captivates at funeral

She may be only 19-years-old, but Baroness Thatcher's granddaughter captivated mourners on Wednesday as she delivered a flawless reading at the former prime minister's funeral.

Mandela spends fourth day in hospital

Nelson Mandela remains in hospital for a fourth day after South African officials say he's making steady progress following treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia.

Pistorius's trial could be a year away

David Blair OSCAR PISTORIUS could be forced to wait a ''year or longer'' until his trial begins, a senior South African lawyer has predicted.

Pistorius must 'live with his conscience' if he lied: Steenkamp's father

Harriet Alexander and A. Hawes The distraught father of the woman killed by Oscar Pistorius has said that the sportsman will have to ''live with his conscience'' if he has lied about her death.

Sobbing Pistorius rejects murder charge

Olympic star Oscar Pistorius broke down in tears in the dock on Friday as he was charged with the Valentine's Day murder of his model girlfriend, a charge he denied 'in the strongest terms.'

The other side of the Blade Runner

Oliver Brown, Gareth A. Davies Oscar Pistorius is the world's best-known Paralympic athlete, inspiring awe for his ability to overcome adversity and push to ever-greater achievements.

'You know it has to happen': Mandela is fading

Erin Conway-Smith CAPE TOWN: Nelson Mandela's wife has described how the former president's "sparkle" is gradually fading, as South African officials disclosed that he is suffering from a recurring lung infection.

Mandela's 'sparkle' fading as illness recurs

Erin Conway-Smith CAPE TOWN: Nelson Mandela's wife has described how the former president's ''sparkle'' is fading, as South African officials disclosed that he is suffering from a recurring lung infection.

South African gets life in honeymoon slaying

A judge in South Africa has sentenced the man convicted of being the triggerman in the 2010 honeymoon slaying of a British bride to life in prison.

Mandela reported to have stopped speaking

Erin Conway-Smith CAPE TOWN: South African leaders issued assurances about the health of Nelson Mandela on Sunday after the 94 year-old was airlifted to hospital having reportedly stopped speaking.

Honeymoon murder: man guilty of Dewani shooting

A judge has found a South African man guilty of killing Swedish newlywed Anni Dewani while she was on her honeymoon in Cape Town two years ago, amid claims her husband organised the hit.

Zuma drops cartoon case

Cape Town South African President Jacob Zuma has dropped a legal battle over a cartoon showing him about to rape a blindfolded Lady Justice, despite it painting him as a 'sexual deviant', his office says.

Zuma drops lawsuit over paper's rape cartoon

Justine Gerardy CAPE TOWN: The South African President, Jacob Zuma, has dropped a legal battle over a cartoon showing him about to rape a blindfolded Lady Justice, despite it painting him as a ''sexual deviant'',...

Women saved after hours under capsized boat

Aislinn Laing, Dan Newling and Sam Marsden Three women on a whale-watching boat that capsized off Cape Town, killing two, survived in shark-infested waters by breathing from air pockets under the hull for more than three hours.

Women survive capsize ordeal

The women on a whale-watching boat that capsized off Cape Town survived the accident that claimed two lives by breathing from air pockets under the hull for several hours.

Stowaway's body falls from sky onto suburban street

Megan Levy The body of a suspected stowaway has landed on a residential street in London after apparently plunging hundreds of metres from a Heathrow-bound plane as it prepared to land.

Hitman admits part in S. Africa honeymoon killing

John-Paul Ford Rojas, Peta Thornycroft JOHANNESBURG: Anni Dewani's family is a step closer to knowing the truth about how she died, after a hitman admitted his role in her honeymoon murder.

'Man overboard': sailor feared murdered after dream voyage

Aislinn Laing in Johannesburg A British yachtsman is feared to have been murdered on a round-the-world voyage after only his Austrian sailing companion returned to port.