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Abdulmutallab : Underpants bomber mission failed ‘because he wore same pair of underwear for two weeks’

The notorious underwear bomber's plot in 2009 to blow up a plane on Christmas Day failed because the explosives became 'degraded' after he wore...

First woman commander of Navy warship is sent home over ‘affair with male officer’ on board

The first female commander of a Royal Navy warship has been sent home after allegedly having an affair with another officer. Commander Sarah West, 42,...

Malaysian passenger plane shot down in Ukraine with 295 dead

A Malaysian Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has crashed in eastern Ukraine. There were 280 passengers and 15 crew members on board. Ukrainian...

Celebrating Mandela Day

Today marks the first time Nelson Mandela International Day will be celebrated without the father of the nation. It is the fifth year since the...

Arms deal: Mbeki feels the heat at hearing.

Former president Thabo Mbeki at the Seriti commission in Centurion yesterday. The commission was set up by President Jacob Zuma to investigate claims of...

NPA won’t prosecute Zuma’s son for killing woman in accident

The National Prosecuting Authority has declined to prosecute President Jacob Zuma's son Duduzane following an accident in which one person was killed, due to...

Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer dies at the age of 90

Writer and political activist Nadine Gordimer (90) has died peacefully in her sleep, according to a family statement. South Africans mourned on Monday the death...

SIU boss thumbs nose at parliament on Nkandla

The head of the Special Investigating Unit has refused to give parliament the names of the two people who are delaying the Nkandla investigation. Vas...

Prince George and father the Duke of Cambridge lands Vanity Fair cover ahead of first birthday

In celebration of Prince George's forthcoming first birthday, the young royal has landed the cover of the August edition of Vanity Fair Magazine. The gurgling...

Obama: “most well-traveled, expensive” president

The Presidency can be very stressful. Luckily, President Obama gets ample opportunity to relax. The Obama’s are the most well travelled first family, having spent...

Watch ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ for free on Madiba’s birthday July 18

South Africans across the country will be able to watch the biopic "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" for free on the former president's birthday...

Cop killed while taking part in robbery

An alleged robber, later identified as a police officer, has been killed and another man wounded during a shoot-out while robbing a business in...

Parliament’s rules say probe Nkandla report again: Sisulu

Parliament's rules dictate that it must establish a new ad-hoc committee to investigate the Nkandla report, former speaker Max Sisulu said. "This is what parliamentary...

World Bank cuts SA’s 2014 growth outlook to 2%

THE World Bank has joined other institutions that are revising downwards their 2014 economic growth forecasts for South Africa as strikes, higher interest rates,...

Beauty queen resigns over criticism of political comments, looks

Miss Universe Thailand has resigned less than a month into her reign after being harshly criticiaed on social media over her political comments and...

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