South Africa News

Mozambican prison authorities on Wednesday dismissed claims that guards were sexually exploiting female South African prisoners in exchange for basics, such as soap.

The mother of a KwaZulu-Natal traditional chief has been shot dead in her home in Dlebe, near Ulundi, the provincial safety department said on Wednesday.

Years before Paul Simon found success mixing South African Zulu music with Western folk, British-born singer-songwriter Johnny Clegg was innovating a similar sound.

Forensic investigator Johannes Vermeulen, with a cricket bat in hand, demonstrates on a mock-up toilet and door details of how the door could have been broken down, during the trial of Oscar Pistorius in court during the second week of his trial in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, March 12, 2014.

Australia seamer Ryan Harris is confident of being fit for Australia's next Test series, against Pakistan in October, after undergoing knee surgery.

South Africa delivered a diplomatic slap to Rwanda on Wednesday, saying it would not tolerate attacks on its soil against exiled Rwandan opposition members, actions which Pretoria has linked to expelled diplomats from Rwanda's embassy.

THE grieving partner of a Royal Marine beaten to death after watching a rugby match has called for calm after coming face to face with four men accused of murdering him.

San Francisco firefighters prevented a five-alarm fire from spreading from a condominium construction site to nearby buildings on Tuesday.

Progress made since South Africa's first democratic elections has been reversed under the leadership of President Jacob Zuma , the DA said on Tuesday.

The 2014 Shoprite Checkers OFM Chip 4 Charity which was held on Friday, 7 March 2014, will once again make a difference in the lives of vulnerable children living in central South Africa.

Hanuman stick murder accused Rajan Kandasamy will be admitted to the Fort Napier mental institution on Tuesday for mental observation.

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said his party would not allow the May 7 elections to be presided over by people with "questionable credentials".

Ian Hanson and Phumzile Tyulu from activist group Ndifuna Ukwazi. Hanson says that in reality every day people are being beaten by vigilante mobs.

Following her highly successful five concert sell-out SA tour in 2011, eight-time Grammy Award nominated singer-songwriter, pianist and composer, Tori Amos returns to South Africa at the end of June 2014 for four performances only as part of her world tour in support of her latest album, Unrepentant Geraldines.

The pathologist who conducted a post-mortem examination on Oscar Pistorius' girlfriend is continuing to give his evidence at the athelete's murder trial.

South Africa has expelled a Burundi diplomat in connection with a raid on an exiled Rwandan general's Johannesburg home, according to a Burundian official.

Yasiin Bey has been living in Cape Town, South Africa since May 2013, according to an article in Mail & Guardian .

After 20 years of democracy our country is performing way under its potential. And it is evident on both sides of the spectum, says Chris Kanyane .

DryBath is a germ-killing gel that allows you to take a bath without using a single drop of water or soap -- all you need is to apply the gel on your skin and then vigorously rub it off using your hands.

Desmond Tutu, the noted civil rights leader who became the first black archbishop of Cape Town, compared Israel's treatment of the Palestinians to the apartheid regime that discriminated against blacks in his native South Africa.