By Graeme Hosken With her hands clutched tightly together, a 16-year-old Pretoria girl, staring straight ahead with steel blue eyes, described how she watched her friend leap to her death in an attempt to escape from their rapist and alert authorities.

KwaZulu-Natal matric preliminary exams should be cancelled and the time used to prepare for the final examinations, Sadtu said on Tuesday.

South Africa, home to the world's largest HIV treatment programme, is trying to pull off the most extensive global HIV testing campaign but the ambitious initiative is facing some daunting realities.

Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change has appealed to the South African government to delay a plan to send undocumented refugees back to the country amid fears they face increased poverty and persecution.

Police in Swaziland have arrested about 50 people ahead of protests against sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarchy, activists say.

The inter-ministerial committee dealing with Gauteng's acid mine water crisis has called on some of South Africa's top experts to help find a solution to the problem.

African universities were key to remaking the continent, former president Thabo Mbeki said on Monday.