South Africans feel President Jacob Zuma should concentrate mainly on education, corruption and unemployment.

Gauteng police have arrested a man after he allegedly raped a seven-year-old girl and slit her throat.

A Katlehong man has been arrested for raping a seven-year-old girl and slitting her throat with a broken mirror.

A politically connected SA telecommunications company has been accused of pushing Pretoria to support Iran's nuclear power program.

ANCYL leader Julius Malema will address the organisation's NEC and media at the opening of its lekgotla in Pretoria.

Foreigners streaming into the Western Cape are becoming both the victims and perpetrators of crime.

Felix Baumgartner plans to try to break the world free fall record by jumping from a helium balloon nearly 37 000m off the ground.

The presidency's Facebook page has been filled suggestions for President Jacob Zuma's to-do list for the next year.

Ousted president Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives says he was forced out of power at gunpoint and urged his successor to step down.

Outgoing president Ali Abdullah Saleh, in New York for medical treatment, will return to Yemen to vote in presidential elections.

Exceptionally cold weather in Russia has killed at least 110 people since the beginning of the year, the health ministry said.

Amnesty International accused Egypt of holding civil society groups “hostage” with a law dating back to Hosni Mubarak's regime.

A teenage girl was found hanged after a blunder by her lawyer caused the collapse of the rape trial of a man who abused her.

Former Durban city manager Mike Sutcliffe questions why MEC Nomusa Dube’s sister did not feature in Manase report.

An inquest to clear up the cause of a fire that killed a former general in Zimbabwe's army has left many questions unanswered.

A 17-year-old boy could be left with impaired vision after he was severely beaten by a gang of Asians in a suspected racist attack.

Sacsa says those seeking to exploit the possible suspension of ANCYL leader Julius Malema are immature.

Some evidence gathered from a minor accused of killing Eugene Terre'Blanche has been declared inadmissible in his trial.

Free State premier Ace Magashule has condemned the xenophobic violence in Welkom during the past week.

The whistle-blowers say that “a group” of journalists had been involved in the “brown envelope” scandal in 2005.