South Africa News

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.

Four people appeared in court on Wednesday in connection with the murder of a Richmond farming couple and their son.

Blackouts started rolling across parts of South Africa on Thursday after a week's worth of rain soaked the coal supply of the country's state-run power company, making it too wet to burn.

Double murder accused Johannes Christiaan de Jager fabricated a stranger to distance himself from a crime that happened, the Western Cape High Court heard on Thursday.

Four police constables were arrested on Thursday for allegedly stealing groceries and selling them to a woman, Mpumalanga police said.

South African police say there has been another unsuccessful attempt on the life of a former Rwandan army chief of staff who has been living in exile in the country for the past four years.

A 40-year-old taxi boss was shot dead on Chris Hani Road near the Southgate Mall in Soweto, Gauteng police said on Thursday.

Brazil resolutely spanked South Africa in Johannesburg last night, winning 0-5 in a friendly courtesy of a Neymar hat-trick and a goal apiece from Oscar and Fernandinho.

Widespread rain across the north of the country has left at least five people dead, with the weather service issuing further warnings of flooding.

Improvements in prevention of mother to child transmission in South Africa are not translating into a reduction in maternal deaths due to HIV infection, according to a 15-year review of a large district referral hospital in Johannesburg, the 2014 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections heard on Wednesday in Boston.

Oscar Pistorius leaves North Gauteng High Court amid a media scrum after the second day of his trial accused of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on March 4, 2014 in Pretoria, South Africa.

TEHRAN Iran and South Africa have good ties which will be enhanced in the future, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said in a meeting on Wednesday with his South African counterpart Max Sisulu in Cape Town.

Wage talks between the world's top platinum producers and South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction workers Union collapsed on Wednesday, dashing hopes for an early end to a crippling six-week strike.

"Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius asked a friend to take the blame for him accidentally discharging a pistol under the table of a posh Johannesburg restaurant in January 2013, a month before he killed his girlfriend, his murder trial heard on Wednesday.

Clara Botero works carries a tray of her cookies at Commercial Kitchen 305, where she bakes her organic treats for sale online and to local establishments.

Sex workers and sex worker advocates in Durban, Polokwane, Cape Town and Johannesburg took to the streets on Monday to honour International Sex Worker Rights' Day.

The new development will see a new jetty at Bark Barn near Belle Grange from Easter 2014, proving direct access to the western shoreline for family walking and cycling for the first time.

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In what Mungo Retail refers to as their Working Weaving Museum-housed in the seaside town of Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, the historical homestead of Old Nick Village-the brand has been designing, weaving and crafting a wide range of homewares goods since 1998.