South Africa News

Pretoria, South Africa -- Months before he killed his girlfriend, Oscar Pistorius said he drew his gun and went into "combat mode" after hearing the noise of a possible intruder at home, which turned out to be a laundry machine, a South African guns expert testified Monday at the athlete's murder trial.

New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio will become the first mayor in decades to sit out the city's traditional St. Patrick's Day parade over a dispute involving whether march participants can carry pro-gay... New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio was to become the first mayor in decades to sit out the city's traditional St. Patrick's Day parade over a ... (more)

Winter-weary motorists faced another potentially treacherous commute Monday morning in parts of the Mid-Atlantic as frigid weather blew in just days before the start of spring.

Independent Newspapers declined to comment at the weekend on a report that an ANC businessman planned to sue the Sunday Independent for defamation of R1 billion.

Two decades ago, the first SA Music Awards successfully took place in the then new South Africa.

The Broederbond or "Stellenbosch mafia", and not the ruling ANC, is in control of South Africa, Economic Freedom Fighters chief Julius Malema declared when he hit Cape Town on Saturday to launch his party's provincial manifesto.

A total of 206 people were arrested in Soweto over the weekend for various crimes, Gauteng police said on Sunday.

It could be the next big Bollywood thriller, and it all started in the mind of a Cape Town restaurateur.

On paper, South Africa's long-term energy plans look solid, with coal, nuclear, gas and renewables all viable options.

Port Elizabeth police are on high alert in the Gelvendale area, after three shooting incidents were reported over two days, Eastern Cape police said on Saturday.

The man police say killed two people when he smashed his car through a barrier and into a street thronged with attendees of the South By Southwest festival has been charged with capital murder.

President Jacob Zuma was booed and heckled by angry Port Elizabeth residents who bemoaned the ANC's failure to keep its promises.

A new Africa record was set when thousands of sandcastles were built in an hour on a Durban beach on Saturday.

A son of investor Warren Buffett has pledged nearly $24 million for protecting rhinos in South Africa, earmarking the money for ranger teams, sniffer dogs and other security measures in what he hopes can be a robust model for fighting what he calls the "overwhelming" problem of poaching in parts of Africa.

A son of investor Warren Buffett has pledged nearly $24 million for protecting rhinos in South Africa, earmarking the money for ranger teams, sniffer dogs and other security measures in what he hopes can be a robust model for fighting what he calls the "overwhelming" problem of poaching in parts of Africa.

As the country faces the possibility of yet another wet weekend, emergency personnel in two provinces are searching for five children who have been swept away by the floods.

Twelve new FET colleges will be built across South Africa because of increasing enrolments at universities and colleges, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday.

THE trial in South Africa of four men accused of murdering former Royal Marine Brett Williams has been adjourned until September.

Over 400 exhibitors recently showcased the best in product design, fashion design and communication design at the 5 day Design Indaba Expo in Cape Town.

One of the teenagers accused of shooting dead a Cape Town pupil last year is expected to plead guilty to a charge of murder, the Western Cape High Court heard on Friday.