Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas has hailed the “immense” quality demonstrated by goalkeeper Hugo Lloris in training.

Talk of a rift between Alan Pardew and striker Demba Ba is wide of the mark, according to the Newcastle boss.

[IFJ]The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today backed the Media Workers Association of South Africa (MWASA) which is picketing at the SABC Radio-Park head office.

[SAPA]Johannesburg -Police arrested 19 people near Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) in Rustenburg on Wednesday, after using rubber bullets and teargas to disperse a gathering, said a spokesman.

[U.S. Embassy Pretoria]The Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator Southern Africa Regional Team Leader, Emily Chambers, Community Grants Country Manager, Sean Moffatt, and Community Grants Officer, Linah Langa, visited the Moepathutse Children’s Home (M…

Sergio Aguero admits he would have joined Real Madrid had they made an offer for him in 2011, claiming he had “no option but to join City”.

[OSISA]Last year’s crisis at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria caused the cancellation of critical Round 11 funding and seriously undermined civil society organisations, human rights programming, community mobilisation and politically-sensi…

[SA Info]As a symbol of the brutality of South Africa’s apartheid past and of the immense courage of those who fought for the country’s freedom, Robben Island, about 12 kilometres offshore from Cape Town, is a pivotal beacon in the history of South Afr…

Hamburg chief executive Carl Jarchow has told under-pressure coach Thorsten Fink that his job is safe.

[Egypt Online]The National Council for Women (NCW) has expressed its profound dismay at statements made by some members of the Constituent Assembly in charge of writing Egypt’s new constitution on the possibility of sanctioning marriage of sexually mat…