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A rape case involving a reportedly mentally challenged 36-year-old woman has been opened with police in Thohoyandou, Limpopo.

"These stalwarts of the show will be on an indefinite hiatus as they pursue other avenues for creative expression."

Turkey on Wednesday accused the US of having a policy of double standards on human rights, saying Washington's annual rights report failed to reflect Israel's assaults in Gaza.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that there was a stalemate on the Ukrainian front line and conditions were ripe to start peace talks, Russian state-run TASS news agency said.

A number of military horses, including one covered in blood, ran amok on the streets of central London and injured at least four people on Wednesday.

Two of the three men arrested for the murder of Rand Water executive Teboho Joala and his bodyguard Sifiso Shange can be seen in short videos taken during the assassination.

Former ANC president Thabo Mbeki has returned to the campaign trail in Soweto, making an appearance at Jabulani Mall where he addressed a crowd. This marks Mbeki's first campaign outing in a long time.

Barloworld Equipment has been ordered to pay two years' backdated salary to a woman dismissed for cannabis use after the Labour Appeal Court found the company's blanket zero-tolerance policy irrational.

Inadequate law enforcement to prevent the sale of alcohol to minors and to regulate liquor outlets have been cited by the South African Human Rights Commission investigative report as factors in the Enyobeni tavern tragedy.

Friends, family, colleagues and students gathered at the State Theatre in Pretoria on Thursday in song, dance and celebration as they remembered his lively and cheerful personality at his memorial service.