Oscar Pistorius has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his Pretoria home.

Absa Bank on Tuesday posted a worse-than-expected nine percent fall in diluted headline earnings per share to 1'224.

South Africa's largest iron ore producer Kumba Iron Ore on Tuesday posted a 28 percent drop in full-year earnings.

The governing body of African football - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) - has congratulated South Africa for hosting a "largely successful" Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), which "exceeded expectations".

Africa's largest packaging company, Nampak, has announced that it is investing R1.

Implats, the world's second-largest platinum producer, has warned of "lower than expected" earnings for the six months to end-December.

A stunning goal from Sunday Mba saw Nigeria crowned champions of Africa for the third time on Sunday.

The new minimum wage for South African farmworkers is R105 a day, labour minister Mildred Oliphant announced on Monday.

Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), the world's largest platinum producer, has announced a hefty full year operating loss of R6.

South Africa have beaten Pakistan by 211 runs on day four of the first Test at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.

Bafana Bafana crashed out of the African Cup of Nations on Saturday, despite playing their best football of the tournament, losing in a narrow quarter final penalty shoot-out defeat against Mali.

Abax Investments is an owner-managed company that focuses exclusively on investment management.

South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe, the founder and executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals, has pledged to donate half of his fortune, following in the steps of the likes of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet.

Sports minister Fikile Mbalula has labelled South Africa's hosting of this year's Africa Cup of Nations a major success.

Unilever South Africa on Wednesday said it would invest more than R1 billion in a new plant and on the upgrade and expansion of existing operations.

Unless you've been living in a hole in the ground, you've probably got a bit of a sore head this morning after celebrating Bafana Bafana's superb draw with Morocco last night, which has saw the hosts progress to the knock-out stages of the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in 11 years.

Anglo American, the world's biggest producer of platinum, on Friday said its production of platinum dropped 29 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 following violent strike action at mines in South Africa.

Fans at Durban's Moses Mabhida stadium celebrated last night as Bafana Bafana got their Africa Cup of Nations campaign back on track with a 2-0 win over Angola in Group A.