South Africa News

Dried meats are a staple in many diets around the world. From smoked jerky, the trusty American gas station fare, to South America's dried llama and alpaca snack Ch'arki, what was historically born out of a lack of refrigeration for meats is now a beloved snack.

The bail application of four men accused of stealing 112 pieces of rhino horn worth over R160 million was postponed in the Nelspruit Magistrate's Court on Friday.

Kwaito musician Sipho ''Brickz'' Ndlovu, accused of raping a 17-year-old girl, wants the case withdrawn, the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court heard on Friday.

The key witness in the corruption trial of Virginia's former governor and his wife said his association with the couple was fraught with bad decisions - but an affair with the first lady was not one of them.

Ghana's opponents for the African Women Championship South Africa started camp yesterday and will hold their training sessions at the Nike Centre in Soweto and the Bedfordview FC grounds.

President Obama launched the Young African Leaders Initiative in 2010 to support an emerging generation of African leaders as they work to drive economic growth and prosperity, strengthen democratic governance, peace and security across Africa and enhance the civil society structures that will help the continent grow and prosper.

South Africa's Top 50 Most Valuable Brands were revealed from a survey conducted by leading independent brand valuation consultancy company, Brand Africa which provide a measurable and independent account on how brands perform in South Africa each year.

Whether fragile, charming, seductive or frightening, Themba Mbuyisa's photographs explore the various and contrasting emotions of the human condition.

A giraffe reportedly died this week on a South African highway after hitting its head on a bridge.

An unnamed Black Stars player has abandoned plans to marry a woman in Tamale after pornographic videos and photos involving his future wife was leaked to the Ghanaian public on Wednesday.

Two brothers charged with fraud involving an investment scheme in Wellington involving more than R600 million are to face more charges, the Bellville Commercial Crimes Court heard on Wednesday.

On June 16, 1976, some 20,000 students rose up to protest in the slum of Soweto on the outskirts of Johannesburg.

A Metered-taxi driver who allegedly preyed on women hitch-hikers in the Midlands, robbing and raping them after offering them a lift, fired his legal aid attorney in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday - because she is a woman.

A woman is recovering after being attacked with a hammer while trying to protect a rescued dog that her neighbour was beating with a plank on Saturday night.

South Africa remains a top source and a top destination of trafficking victims. And according to the international body, human trafficking is the world's third most profitable crime, after illicit drugs and arms trafficking.

The Maslow Hotel is Sun International's new, modern hotel, providing an oasis setting within Johannesburg's premium shopping area of Sandton.

Tito Mboweni, the former central bank governor of South Africa, has said that the country's government should consider buying one of the nation's banks to boost access to finance for citizens and businesses.

South Africa should be 'at war' with Mozambique because they doing nothing to stop its criminal citizens from plundering our wild natural resources, says Ron Thomson .

A woman who was acquitted of defrauding the Road Accident Fund became hysterical in the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court on Tuesday and disrupted proceedings.

Ghanaian TV host Joselyn Dumas will be a special guest at The African Park Show beginning September 19th in Johannesburg, South Africa.