The deal to end a lawsuit over land at the Bush presidential library was tossed aside today by a judge who said Southern Methodist University and its legal foe never had a clear agreement on the terms.

Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe's son Thuthuke is to go on trial in March next year on fraud and other charges.

ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe on Thursday called for "concrete ideas" on how the debate on the nationalisation of mines can be taken forward.

SA's Olympic governing body Sascoc has suspended ASA president Leonard Chuene, the board and its members over their handling of Caster Semenya.

Ferrari has launched an attack on the FIA, saying that its actions has caused the withdrawal of major car manufacturers.

Police must use deadly force when under attack from "armed thugs", Bheki Cele reiterated on Thursday after appointing two new provincial commissioners

Blackburn Rovers striker Benni McCarthy has been recalled to the Bafana Bafana squad named by Carlos Albertos Parreira in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

Newly appointed Public Protector Thuli Madonsela says there is not much she can do about the controversial arms deal.

Cutting funding for HIV/Aids treatment would condemn millions of poor people to death, Médicins sans Frontières said on Thursday.

Athletics South Africa has apologised "unconditionally" over its handling of athlete Caster Semenya's gender-verification test.

God is going to sort out journalists who do not give enough coverage to the ANC in the Western Cape, Membathisi Mdladlana said on Thursday.

There was going to be "drama" over the government's plans to crack down on labour broking, Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana said on Thursday.

All Blacks coach Graham Henry insists his decision to make six changes in his line-up to play Wales on Saturday is not demeaning to the home side.

Nedbank reported a rise in net interest income on Thursday, but said it expected full-year profit to be lower as credit risk remains high.

Toyota said on Thursday it had returned to profit in the three months to September and upgraded its outlook for the rest of the year.

An Italian judge convicted 23 United States and two Italian secret agents for the CIA's kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003.

The UN said on Thursday it would start evacuating hundreds of its international staff from Afghanistan after an attack by Taliban militants.

The ICC prosecutor arrived in Kenya on Thursday for talks on trying those behind last year's post-poll violence, which claimed 1 500 lives.

The US will not agree to targets cutting greenhouse gas emissions unless developing countries, particularly China, make similar moves.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday brushed aside a sharp rebuke at the polls on the first anniversary of his historic election.