The president of South Africa, Mr. Jacob Zuma, has replaced the country’s finance minister for the second time in four…
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One of South Africa’s two polar bears has died at the Johannesburg Zoo, leaving its mate now believed to be the only polar bear in Africa, a veterinarian said Wednesday. Geebee, the 29-year-old polar bear, came from Canada and had long survived the…
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma on Saturday kicked off his party’s election campaign with a slew of promises to crack down on rampant graft and poverty, in a bid to woo disenchanted voters. The ruling African National Congress is facing a tough…
South African President Jacob Zuma Thursday handed over 13,184 hectares (35,580 acres) of a previously white-owned farm to black communities as part of the country’s land reform programme, ahead of elections this year. The state paid almost one billion…
South Africa’s government on Thursday ordered investigators to speed up a probe into the killing of Rwanda’s former intelligence chief, who was found strangled in a Johannesburg hotel on January 1. With police yet to make any arrests nine days after…
South African cricketing great Jacques Kallis will retire from Test and First-Class cricket after the upcoming Test against India, which gets underway in Durban on Thursday, he announced on Wednesday. However, the 38-year-old — described by Cricket…
South Africa’s government on Thursday cleared President Jacob Zuma of any wrongdoing during a controversial $20-million revamp at his private home, in a move criticised as a whitewash. The official investigation gave Zuma the all-clear over the 206…
The sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial, who claimed schizophrenia after being accused of being an arm-flapping fraud, has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital, South African media reported on Thursday. Thamsanqa Jantjie sparked…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 10, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM today joins the global community in paying tribute to global…
On a public holiday dedicated to reconciliation, South Africans on Monday started coming to terms with the loss of Nelson Mandela, a day after he was buried at the end of a life struggle for freedom and equality. A nine-metre, bronze statue of the democracy…