South Africa will have to wait two more days to find out if public servants will start their fourth week of strikes or accept government's latest wage offer.

Police top brass abused a 2006 decision to let the force manage its own properties with carte blanche to award contracts that wasted millions of rands, commissioner General Bheki Cele has revealed.

Masses of Zimbabweans will be deported following the lifting of the special dispensation which relaxed conditions for their entry into SA, Lawyers for Human Rights has said.

Kevin Pietersen is to face disciplinary action over his foul-mouthed Twitter tirade following his dropping from the England squad.

The Lions have given their new Super 15 coach John Mitchell a fantastic welcome by easily outgunning Western Province.

Twitter has over 145 million registered users and more people are using mobile devices to access the microblogging service, according to co-founder Evan Williams.

Mozambique's economy has lost more than $3m because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government has said.