PICS: Fire continues to devastate Cape
[ South Africa ]   Dry conditions and hot weather are hampering firefighters battling blazes in the Boland and the southern Cape. [GALLERY] Full Story...

Orphanage fire kills 15

11 burn to death in KZN

Weather works against Cape firefighters

Proteas thrash India
[ Sport ]   South Africa has crushed India by an innings and six runs on the penultimate day of the first Test to go up in the two-match series. Full Story...

South Africa sight win after Harris double

India still short of making Proteas bat again

Small changes, big results

Cricket celebs take the cake in India

Solar storms could cause black-outs
[ IOL Technology ]  With terrorist threats, dire transport links and overspent budgets, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the 2012 London Olympics had enough problems to worry about. Full Story...

Taiwan taps into solar power

Japan eyes solar station in space

Solar heating project lands users in hot water

Zuma apology 'unwelcome'
[ South Africa ]   The Pan Africanist Congress Youth League wants a committee to accompany the president on house visits "because we have realised that he cannot control himself". Full Story...

VIDEO: COPE wants Zuma to resign

ANC cools to Zuma's steamy sex life

Zuma's kids fly high at taxpayers' expense

Making sense of Zuma's statement

Two decades after Mandela's release, South Africa struggles 
[ Business Report ]  Twenty years after Nelson Mandela was freed from prison, South Africa is a vibrant democracy but the millions still living in poverty are now looking for leadership that can tackle its economic problems. Full Story...

Madiba to grace Parliament
[ South Africa ]   South Africa's first president Nelson Mandela will attend President Jacob Zuma's state of the nation address. Full Story...

Cape roads closed for rehearsals

Zuma's sex life under the spotlight

Zuma's family understands, Kodwa says

There's only love at new Beijing supermarket
[ A Step Beyond ]   For Chinese singles in the market for love this Valentine's day, a Beijing supermarket may offer just what they're looking for. Full Story...