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SA's 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius has won the 2012 Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award.

Residents of Homs have described scenes of panic and carnage in the city of central Syria undergoing a fierce assault by government troops, urging outside powers to intervene to halt the bloodshed.

A KZN man claiming to be resurrected maskandi artist Mgqumeni says he was "kept with zombies, and it was hell there".

Men who smoke experience greater mental declines over time than men who never smoked, but the same link does not appear among women.

Boosted by rising US jobs figures, President Barack Obama's approval rating has hit the magical 50% mark and he has opened up a double-digit lead over his probable Republican opponent.

Two Johannesburg policemen have been arrested after allegedly threatening a former television presenter, saying they had "damning evidence" against her, and demanding R10 000.

The suspects arrested for allegedly being part of a syndicate involved in the theft of R42m from Postbank are staying tight-lipped about their accomplices, a SA Post Office spokesperson says.

"There's a government excavator [worth more than R2m] on my stoep," says Mpumalanga farmer Gerrie Roets.

After years of warning about a nuclear Iran, Israel seems to be weighing an attack.

The ANC's support of a super-tax on mining profits is reckless and would kill jobs and investment, the Democratic Alliance says.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has vowed to strengthen existing sanctions against the Syrian regime and seek further ones to dry up funding and arms shipments.

President Jacob Zuma will use social media to find out what is troubling South Africans ahead of his State of the Nation address, his office says.

The sanctions against suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema will only take effect after mitigation, SABC radio news reports.

Egypt's interior minister has ordered Cairo's Tora prison hospital to make preparations to receive former President Hosni Mubarak, who has till now been held in a military hospital.

Suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has been given a 14-day reprieve to argue for a lesser sentence after he failed to have his suspension overturned.

Police say 15 people have been arrested after they allegedly set fire to a local businessman's cars and demolished a wall at his home in Lehurutshe in the North West province.

Numsa says its energy conference is aimed at preventing the renewable energy sector from being dominated by a capitalist system.

UN leader Ban Ki-moon has slammed Russia and China's veto of a Security Council resolution on the Syria crisis, saying it undermines the United Nations.

Motorola says some refurbished Xoom tablets may have contained previous owners' data and may not have been properly wiped.

Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward says he will not participate in the band's reunion recordings unless he is offered a "signable" contract.