South Africa News

If we were without prejudice, every murder in Gugulethu would get the same attention as Anni Dewani's death.

President Jacob Zuma left behind a trail of happy people on Friday afternoon when he completed his door-to-door campaign in Soshanguve, Mabopane and Ga-Rankuwa, north of Pretoria.

A corruption-free government, service delivery to communities and investment towards infrastructure would stimulate growth in the South African economy, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Saturday.

Pretoria, South Africa has gained world attention this week because of Oscar Pistorius' murder trial and each day of testimony has brought interesting twists and turns.

One of Nelson Mandela's closest confidants is still challenging the powers that be, with plenty of guidance from his ancestors, the ancient Greeks.

One of Nelson Mandela's closest confidants is still challenging the powers that be, with plenty of guidance from his ancestors, the ancient Greeks.

When witnesses testify, the double-amputee athlete takes notes or sits with hands clasped, occasionally covering his face, head bowed, as though troubled by the graphic accounts of how he fatally shot his girlfriend last year.

The two police officers who allegedly kicked and punched a naked man in Cape Town have been arrested, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate said on Saturday.

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 disappeared from air traffic control screens over waters between Malaysia and Vietnam early Saturday morning, leaving the fates of the 239 people aboard in doubt.

Free State police were searching for a gardener who attacked and robbed his employer in Kroonstad, an official said on Friday.

Opening statements were set to begin Friday in the court-martial of an Army general accused of sexually assaulting a captain under his command with whom he had a three-year affair.

Jacob Zuma's tenure should be marked by a foreign policy that can at best be described as being schizophrenic, writes Kameel Premhid .

South Africa expelled three Rwandan diplomats it linked to a raid by gunmen on a dissident exiled Rwandan general's home and Rwanda ordered out six South African envoys in retaliation, a diplomatic source said on Friday.

Two South African policemen have been suspended after cellphone footage of them assaulting a man suspected of robbery in Cape Town caused public outrage after being posted online, senior officers said on Friday.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Our live audience Thursday was from Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia and the Peninsula Agency on Aging.

Oscar Pistorius, foreground, sits in the dock during his trial at the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, March 7, 2014.

A 31-year-old policewoman made a brief appearance in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate's Court on Thursday, charged with the murder of her alleged boyfriend, who was also a cop.

Not about the medical procedures - she already had two children - but about talking to the nurse.

Pretoria: Seven Network journalist Chris Reason and cameraman Rob Brown feel lucky to have escaped without injury after being robbed at knife point on the streets of South Africa this week.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo will perform Sunday in Boulder and Wednesday in Fort Collins.