"There was no meaning in what he used his hands for." An investigation is launched into whether a fake sign language interpreter worked his way into Mandela's service.

"It was very sad. I took a moment." John Key and the NZ delegation have paid their respects to Nelson Mandela as he lay in state in Pretoria.

Burglars broke into the Cape Town home of South African peace icon Desmond Tutu when he was away speaking at Nelson Mandela's memorial.

In the late 1980s, Queensland was convulsed by a judicial inquiry into systemic corruption within the Government and police force.

Spectators at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela jeered at South Africa's leader Jacob Zuma, embarrassing him and reflecting the ANC's current challenges.

Japan slashed its estimate of economic growth for the July-September quarter Monday as investment by companies slowed more than first estimated.

Two men have been arrested in Sydney on charges under Australia's foreign incursion laws that forbid citizens fighting alongside armed rebel groups.