Johannesburg, South Africa News

This July 4th, 80 people from 38 countries will become US citizens at Monticello's 51st annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony.

An unidentified woman from Alpha World Social Centre in Soweto, sings after laying flowers outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria.

Former president Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela paid the ailing statesman another visit on Tuesday, at the Pretoria hospital where he spent an 11th day of treatment.

Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa was saddened by the death of Maj-Gen Tirhani Maswanganyi, whose body was found early Tuesday morning, his office said.

If you're going to road trip in South Africa, let it be on the Garden Route . This popular stretch of road connects Heidelberg and Storms River Village along the N2, traversing mountain passes interspersed with views out to the Indian Ocean.

Richard Van As, a South African carpenter who lost a portion of his hand in an accident, assembles a Robohand and fits it to Liam Dippenaar.

The Muslim Lawyers Association in Johannesburg has called for the arrest and prosecution of President Obama for war crimes when he arrives in South Africa on June 29, the nonprofit said in a statement.

CLOSE to 2,000 striking mine workers rallied at an Anglo American Platinum mine in South Africa Tuesady, continuing to defy an ultimatum to go back to work as 13 of their number were arrested after clashes with police.

The Chinese community in South Africa gathered in Johannesburg and Cape Town on Monday to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Dignity Day.

The power had been out for three days so there was no music and most of the apple cider and beer was warm, but the party was in full swing by early Saturday afternoon at Dodo's Tavern, an unlicensed shebeen that is the centre of community life in a wretchedly poor area of the biggest black township in South Africa.

This year [2006] marks the 30th anniversary of the 1976 Soweto uprising in South Africa, which marked the start of the fall of apartheid, and inspired activists worldwide.

In pink tracksuit and big sunglasses, Nomvula Mokanyane, premier of South Africa's Gauteng Province, delivered a combative warning to the drug dealers of Eldorado Park that had the crowd buzzing: "Leave, your days are numbered!" But then a distraught mother, urged to speak but unable to, brought everyone back down to earth with the news that her ... (more)

A guided tour of key Johannesburg sites linked to Nelson Mandela has long been popular with visitors and residents alike, but the walk in the footsteps of the South African giant has gained added poignancy as his health declines.

In tweets, songs, telephone calls, cards and more, messages of love have come from across South Africa and the world for 94-year-old Nelson Mandela, giving the family comfort and hope as he remains hospitalized in serious condition with a lung infection, his wife said Monday.

Ghana first choice goalkeeper Fatau Dauda would undergo medicals with South African Premier Soccer League side Orlando Pirates on Tuesday to complete his switch, Ghanasoccernet.com can confirm.

In a far-flung African village, when an 80-year-old grandmother wants to send and receive cash, she simply registers for mobile money with a service provider.

I was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1964, the year Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the Civil Rights Act was passed in the United States, and Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison.

Turning 40. If you're past that milestone, you may think it's trivial, but when it looms ahead of you, it seems like a turning point worth taking seriously.

Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said "other innocent lives would have been lost" had an Omaha police officer not stopped a shooting suspect Saturday afternoon.

Unidentified representative of a church prays for the health of former President Mandela outside his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, June 16, 2013.