South Africa

Aziz Pahad, a veteran of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, has died at the age of 82; his family describes him as a patriot and freedom fighter who dedicated his life to the Africa National Congress and the service of South Africans

Pioneering entrepreneur Ntsiki Biyela is inspiring a talented generation of black women wine producers in the country, the seventh largest wine producer in the world, still predominated by white male-run wineries

The 15th Brics summit involving Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa closed in Johannesburg; Brics members make up a quarter of the global economy, account for a fifth of global trade and are home to more than 40% of the world's population

South African Tourism's annual Sho't Left Travel Week will again this year see a number of business partners, airlines, hotel groups and tour operators offer generous discounts of up to 50% from 4 to 10 September, as the country celebrates Tourism Month

Award-winning South African flutist Khanyisile Mthetwa has been inducted as a voting member of the Grammysh awards

Vladimir Putin will not be going to Johannesburg for the 15th Brics Summit, the South African presidency announced in a press release, and in his place will be Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov; reportedly, the country would have been forced to arrest Putin

Caster Semenya, 2-time Olympic 800 metres champion, excluded from some races for refusal to take drugs to reduce her high level of testosterone, caused by genetic dysfunction, has been defined as 'discriminated against' by European Court of Human Rights

In coastal town of Gqeberha, a rehabilitation centre works to save penguins from extinction; 30 years ago they were around one hundred thousand, whereas today the number of the species living between South Africa and Namibia has dropped to twenty thousand