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South Africa: Nelson Mandela is human after all
Unseen writings of former South African President, Nelson Mandela, which are being sold this week, reveal a weaker side to the world icon. BBC...
South Africa: Caster Semenya too traumatized to take exams
800m World Champion, Caster Semenya has been so traumatized by the speculations around her gender that she has informed the University of Pretoria that...
South African Broadband Market is at a Watershed, Says Frost & Sullivan
The South African broadband market has shown consistently significant growth rates of over 30.0 per cent in the last two years. Frost & Sullivan...
South Africa: Police fires at protesters
The South African police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who tried to overturn a car today, Tuesday, reports Reuters. Thousands...
Impempe Yomlingo: Mozart’s “Magic Flute”
In Finland, they are known as "Taikahuilu," in Hungry as "A Varazsfuvola," in Xhosa, one of South Africa’s official languages, it is "Impempe Yomlingo."...
Sudan: Thabo Mbeki offers African Union solutions to Darfur conflict
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has inquired and proposed a report that would expectedly balance the need for justice, peace and reconciliation in...
South Africa: Jackie Selebi “ready to drop bombshell”
Former Interpol President and ex-police Chief, Jackie Selebi, has pleaded not guilty to the corruption charges made against him, said the BBC.
The man is...
Embarrassed Andry Rajoelina persona non grata at the UN
The Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina could not allowed to deliver his speech at the UN on Wednesday. Countries in the Southern African Development Community...
AIDS Vaccine: Thailand tests yield positive results ahead of South African test results
For the first time a vaccine project is underway to reduce the risk of infection. The relative success of a test in Thailand has...
South Africa: Kidnapped, Raped and Stabbed for being gay…
The verdict is long overdue: Themba Mvubu will spend the rest of his life in prison. Accused of the abduction, rape and murder of...
South Africa still the world’s number one Rape and Murder haven?
South Africa, a country regarded as one of the most violent in the world, last year recorded a decline in murder rates but at...
Caster Semenya affair: Lies from the top
The South African government has asked the UN to conduct an investigation to restore the honour of Caster Semenya after an Australian newspaper claimed...
South African DJ fired for making incendiary remarks about Caster Semenya
A Kaya FM DJ, Majota Khambule, nicknamed Phat Joe has been suspended following complaints from listeners regarding his comments about revelations that South Africa's...
Caster Semenya enigma: IAAF tests will disqualify most women athletes
The curious gender case of South Africa’s Caster Semenya, could spell the end of what a large part of society considers as set standards...
South Africans up in arms over new controversial Caster Semenya claims from Australia
South Africans are up in arms over media reports from Australia
claiming Caster Semenya- the world 800m race champion has no “womb
or ovaries”. On...
Sex change, extreme makeover or simply Caster Semenya?
Questions surrounding the sexual morphological contradictions of Caster Semenya, it seems, belong to the bygone era, at least for now. If the South African...
Zimbabwe: ZAPU attacks Zanu-PF and MDC ahead of SADC talks
An opposition political party in Zimbabwe has called on Southern African Development Community not to extend its tolerance on Zimbabwe saying the parties in...
South Africa: Deputy president’s plane crash landed…
The Presidency has received a number of media enquiries about rumours that the Deputy President's plane has crash landed on its way from Tripoli,...
Microsoft OneApp to provide internet services to low-end mobile phones in Africa
OneApp, a new Microsoft platform, provides access to most Internet services - Facebook, Windows Live Messenger, online payment - without necessarily changing an older...
Zimbabwe: Zuma may tackle “deviant behaviour” in the Mugabe camp
South African President Jacob Zuma jetted into Harare on Thursday evening and was quickly whisked to a state banquet for talks with President Mugabe...
Zimbabwe: Zuma to avoid sensitive questions during visit…
South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma’s makes his first official visit to Zimbabwe Thursday to open the Harare Agricultural Show. However, the visit has already...
Gold and Sex: The morphological contradictions of Caster Semenya
The drama involving South African Caster Semenya could be titled: "Gold and sex." Her becoming the world champion in the 800 metre category, Wednesday...
Swine flu infects 2800 South Africans and kills six
South Africa has recorded 2800 A (H1N1) virus or swine flu infections which has caused six deaths. South Africa is hardest hit by...
Desmond Tutu gets U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom
South African cleric and activist Desmond Tutu, who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid has been honored yet...
SA official under fire for revealing arms deal with so-called rogue states
South Africa’s ruling party- ANC MP on Wednesday called for the Democratic Alliance's David Maynier to be removed from Parliament's portfolio committee on defence...
South African airport theft under review ahead of 2010 World Cup
South African aviation authorities say twelve out of every 20 000 bags
are tampered with at South Africa's airports every day. Pilferage from baggage at...
South Africa arms deal with Zimbabwe, Iran, Syria, North Korea… questioned
South African government has made stunning revelations that it is considering the sale of rounds of ammunition to Zimbabwe. The claims were first made...
US-Zimbabwe: Clinton on the ‘negative effects of the continuing presidency of Mugabe’
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will push South Africa to use its influence with neighbour Zimbabwe during her visit but risk being...
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai meets Zuma as all levers of state power shift to Mugabe
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is in South Africa for crucial talks with President Jacob Zuma about widening cracks in Zimbabwe's inclusive government,...
East African countries get high speed and cheap Internet
High speed and cheap internet access has become a reality in East Africa. Seacom, a Mauritian telecommunications company, last week completed the installation of...