Soweto, South Africa News

Five people died in a fire in Soweto after the stove they were cooking on caught fire, Johannesburg Emergency Services said on Saturday.

By Lebogang Seale NO ACTION has yet been taken against the police officers who allegedly severely tortured two Soweto men, killing one of them.

By Poloko Tau Holiday road deaths show a steadily rising graph, with a significant increase in lives lost since the beginning of December when compared with the same period last year.

It may be holiday time but Kaelo - Stories of Hope is not slowing down the pace this December with an exciting lineup of inspiring stories from around South Africa.

By Nontobeko Mtshali A man has been arrested for reckless and negligent driving after his car rammed into a perimeter wall of a house in Zola 1, Soweto, severely injuring two men.

It is now six months until the first game is played at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Hours after a gang of 15 armed men pulled off an audacious clothing store robbery at Johannesburg's posh Hyde Park shopping centre, the police arrested four suspects.

Bringing you the most opinionated reviews from the world of entertainment! 12.14.2009 Various Artists, A Taste of the Indestructible Beat of Soweto and Voices from Mother Africa While a lot of indigenous music from across the globe has reached international audiences in the twenty-three years since Paul Simon released Graceland , the music of South ...

Transcript John Hogg / Sarah King as Princess Florine and Dion Page as the Bluebird in the South African Ballet Theatre's production of The Sleeping Beauty .

Elders must teach the youth South African values, says president Jacob Zuma. Zuma vows treatment for all HIV-positive babies "They must teach them what it means to be South Africans, what it means to love and work for this country selflessly," Zuma told a congregation at the funeral service of ANC stalwart, Curtis Nkondo in Johannesburg today.

Soweto police have arrested four people for a robbery at the Hyde Park shopping centre this morning.

A taxi operator from the Witwatersrand African Taxi Owners' Association was shot dead in Dube, Soweto, the Johannesburg city officials said on Wednesday.

A new wave of xenophobic violence in South Africa is gathering intensity, after six Zimbabwean nationals were severely injured in a vicious attack by a mob of local residents in Polokwane, South Africa.

By Angelique Serrao The Gauteng Department of Education has closed down the school where a seven-year-old pupil was allegedly raped in the toilets last week.

Mama Jackey has suffered a legal blow after the Johannesburg High Court rejected her bid to clear her name from the list of criminal offenders in the country.

A Catholic priest was shot dead in a presbytery in Diesploot, north of Johannesburg, the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference said on Monday.

In the eclectic buzz of Africa's richest city, where run-down buildings abut sleek mining houses, is a gateway to a centuries-old world of giant tubers, herbs and musty animal parts.

Lesbians in South Africa are being dragged off the street and raped to "correct" them, it has been claimed.

Various organisations paid tribute on Friday to struggle veteran Curtis Nkondo, South Africa's former high commissioner to Namibia, who died on Thursday.

The DA has called on Minister of Transport Sbusiso Ndebele to investigate what it called unnecessary expenditure by rail agency Prasa during its Women's Day celebration in August.