Bystanders have told how two Welkom flying squad policemen swooped on a cow which had been struck by two cars, cut off its head and driven off with it.
Salary increases for ministers and top government officials should be frozen in order to reduce the income gap between executives and ordinary workers, the ANC has said in KwaZulu-Natal.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ruled out an attack on the Islamic republic, during a visit to Qatar because any such action would result in Israel's destruction.
Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns related to climate change pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, water experts have said, arguing for greater investment in water storage.
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Zweli Mkhize has denied any involvement in the alleged R200m tender fraud which led to the arrest of senior government officials.
Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane has visited a nurse who had been attacked by striking public servants at Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital, her spokesperson has said.
A 78-year-old French person suffering from Alzheimer's disease missing for a nearly week after falling on a walk in an Alpine forest has been found alive.
With a key piece of evidence raised from the depths of the Gulf of Mexico and BP's Macondo well ruled a threat no longer, the focus is shifting back to what went wrong and who is to blame.
