South Africa News

Thuli Madonsela, whose position of public protector is the equivalent of an ombudsman, responded to calls from the ruling party, the African National Congress, to release her report on the money spent on Zuma's home, after some details of the report were leaked.

Ailing former South African President Nelson Mandela is not "doing well" but is continuing to put up a courageous fight from his "deathbed," members of his family have told the South African Broadcasting Corporation in an interview.

Law firm Eversheds has announced a tie up with Mahons Attorneys in South Africa which will give the firm bases in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Port Louis in Mauritius.

Africa's finest MC and multiple award winning artist, Sarkodie, yesterday shot his latest music video in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Battling consumers will have to tighten their belts this festive season, with the first in a series of fuel price hikes kicking in at midnight on Tuesday.

The Dave Matthews Band just completed their third and final show of a short swing through South Africa, the country where Dave was born.

The government of Botswana has quietly allowed international companies to explore for natural gas in some of the country's most sensitive national parks using the controversial drilling method of hydraulic fracturing, according to a new documentary released in South Africa.

The use of modern antiretroviral therapies to treat HIV infections in South Africa has spent billions of dollars to yield savings--millions of life years.

"Long Walk to Freedom", a film based on the life of Nelson Mandela, has became South Africa's all-time highest grossing picture after its opening last week, production company Videovision Entertainment said Tuesday.

After years of delay, protests and legal action, a tolling system finally came into force Tuesday on a large part of the freeway network of South Africa's richest province, Gauteng, amid threats by opponents to continue the fight against the tolls which they warn could cost the ruling African National Congress votes in next year's elections.

This was the evidence of Warrant Officer Musa Ndlela at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday when the Griffiths trial resumed.

Former Gauteng housing MEC Humphrey Mmemezi's driver was found guilty by the Krugersdorp Magistrate's Court on Tuesday of negligent and reckless driving.

The man arrested at the weekend in connection with the murder of forensic auditor Lawrence Moepi appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Monday morning.

South Africa's government launched a widely unpopular road toll around the economic hub of Johannesburg on Tuesday, a move likely to heighten tensions with its union allies and alienate some voters in the run-up to next year's elections.

Johannesburg, Dec 3: World number three Henrik Stenson still has concerns about his long-standing wrist problem as the Swede prepares to return to competitive action at this week's Nedbank Challenge in South Africa, according to reports.

Articles published in The Star and The Pretoria News on Monday about the future of the houses occupied by President Jacob's Zuma's support staff at Nkandla, in KwaZulu-Natal, are false, the rural development and public works departments said.

South Africa's richest man Johann Rupert has made a $230 million offer to acquire ElementOne , a single asset investment company that owns a 40% stake in Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers , Independent Online has reported.

A former pastor with the New Apostolic Church in Durbanville, Cape Town, was jailed for in effect four years on Monday.

A Czech gold and diamond dealer who has been evading police for eight years was charged with a gangland-style attempted murder and kidnapping in a South African court on Monday.

If there's a single takeaway from the blind tastings we conducted through the summer and fall, it's that today there's an abundance of enjoyable wine at all price points, but particularly in the $8- to $12-a-bottle range that is the sweet spot for this column.