South Africa News

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.

Having survived the Australian jungle in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, the former Only Way Is Essex star would like to show off his moves and fancy footwork on the BBC dance show.

South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius waits on day 10 of his murder trial at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, on March 14, 2014.

A man was killed and his wife robbed on Friday during a house robbery in Cullinan, east of Pretoria, Gauteng police said.

Alberta's premier apologized Wednesday for the $45,000 cost of her trip to South Africa for Nelson Mandela's funeral.

At least 236 people have been fatally shot in the Western Cape so far this year.

Nigeria has protested to South Africa about a "merciless attack" by police on one of its nationals in Cape Town, its foreign ministry has said.

A powerful member of the U.S. Congress says he's concerned over attacks against and killings of Rwandan dissidents, and he's urging the State Department to re-evaluate its relations with the country that next month will observe the 20th anniversary of its devastating genocide.