Cyril Ramaphosa’s victory in December’s contest to lead South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) was a resounding repudiation of President Jacob Zuma, writes Anne-Marie Slaughter.

AT lunchtime today, if the weekend reports are correct, Paul O’Connell of Young Munster, Munster and Ireland will be named captain of the British and Irish Lions to tour South Africa this summer.

Gwyneth Palthrow has struck up a close friendship with Beyoncé Knowles, after she and husband Chris Martin joined the R&B star's boyfriend Jay-Z on stage for a performance.

A woman who accused former South African deputy president Jacob Zuma of rape testified that the man she had known since she was five forced himself on her despite her protests on a night she was a guest in his home.

The man known as the African National Congress banker during the struggle against apartheid was convicted today in a corruption scandal likely to affect the political future of his close friend Deputy President Jacob Zuma, who had his eyes set on the top job in 2009.