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South Africa: Jacob Zuma corruption charges dropped
The Attorney General of South Africa announced Monday that it was dropping corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, the leader of the African National Congress...
South Africa accords Zimbabweans half year resident permits
Zimbabweans can obtain a six month residence permit to South Africa, the BBC reported Friday. More than three million of Zimbabweans crossed the border...
South Africa: Zuma sets precedence, charges dropped
South African prosecutors Monday dropped corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, handing a major victory to the man who is almost certain to be elected...
South Africa: Tensions mount ahead of Zuma charge
South Africa's ruling ANC has lashed out oat Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu for saying its leader Jacob Zuma, the president of the ruling...
Lucky Dube: Murderers get locked away for life
The three men who murdered South African international reggae star, Lucky Dube, in 2007, were convicted Thursday and sentenced to life imprisonment by the...
Jacob Zuma: “Afrikaners are the only true South Africans”
South Africa's possible next president Jacob Zuma today said among white people, Afrikaners are the only true South Africans. He was addressing a meeting...
South Africa: Three convicted for Lucky Dube’s murder
Three men accused of killing South African international reggae star, Lucky Dube, in October 2007, were found guilty Tuesday by a court in Johannesburg,...
Madagascar suspended by the SADC
The 15 member countries forming the Southern African Development Community (SADC), backed by France, have asked the new strong man of Antananarivo to hand...
South Africa: AHF to Launch New State-of-the-Art Free AIDS Treatment Clinic Location in Umlazi
After Seven Years of Growth, Ithembalabantu 'People's Hope' AIDS Clinic Moves to New, Larger Freestanding Site at Umlazi's Ithala Centre. Formal Dedication and Ribbon-cutting...
Gold Fields Expected to Increase Production by 4% to Approximately 871koz During Q3 F2009
Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI)
today updated its operational guidance for Q3 F2009. Attributable
production for Q3 F2009 is expected to...
Durban Review Conference: World Jewish Congress Calls for Repeal of 2001 Clauses Stigmatizing Israel
The president of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald S. Lauder, has called for an explicit revocation at the forthcoming United Nations Durban Review Conference...
SADC: A 2 billion dollar assistance programme for Zimbabwe and sanctions against Madagascar
Countries in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) should adopt an economic aid plan of about 2 billion dollars to Zimbabwe at their next...
S. Africa embarrassed as peace conference is postponed
Nobel Prize laureates, South Africa and China have been caught in a solidarity triangle that has seen economic ties outweigh humanitarian support leading to...
Nobel Laureates to boycott South African conference if Dalai Lama is not granted visa
Opposition parties in South Africa have ganged up to condemn the government's decision not to issue a visa to Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai...
South Africa denies visa to Dalai Lama
The government of South Africa refused to issue a visa to the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan spiritual leader was to take part in a...
Football – South Africa: Henri Michel pursued by disgruntled fans
Henri Michel, a former coach of the French team, was threatened Sunday by supporters of Mamelodi Sundowns after the team was defeated Sport has...
Virginity: The Hymen and Foreskin under lock and key
Rape, violence, diseases, families losing their composure... Panic stricken South African parents have turned to Zulu traditional practices to protect their children from a...
Madagascar: Southern Africa will not recognize Andry Rajoelina
Southern African Development Community (SADC) has refused to recognize the legitimacy of Andry Rajoelina as the new President of Madagascar, France Info has reported....
South Africa: The former home of Nelson Mandela in Soweto opened to public
The house of the leader of the anti-apartheid struggle in the poor neighborhood of Soweto, South Africa, was opened to the public Thursday, reports...
South Africa: Legal charges against Jacob Zuma could be dropped
South African high court could drop the charges of corruption brought against Jacob Zuma, Presidential hopeful and the leader of the African National Congress...
UK slaps South Africa with visa requirements
South African nationals are now required to collect visas to enter United Kingdom but the new requirement is not expected to have...
A new stadium for Portugese speakers at 2010 World Cup
China is set to build a massive $60 million soccer stadium in Mozambique in a bid to tap into the Soccer World Cup in...
Poor African Billionnaires: Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa
Billionaires all right, but less well-off. Their wealth, which represented $4.4 trillion in 2007, decreased by almost 50% at the end of last year....
South Africans abroad to vote in pending elections
South Africa's highest court has ruled today that citizens living abroad should be allowed to vote in next month's watershed general election.
Reports claim that...
South African xenophobic violence: Why it happened
Xenophobic violence that swept across South Africa last year was organised by local leaders wanting to further their own political and economic interests, according...
Sexy campaigns for gay men in South Africa
Dance music pumps from large speakers while a half dozen shirtless young men serve drinks at a bar bathed in pink light. It is...
UN permanent seat: Nigeria taunts South Africa, Egypt
With the looming possibility of a permanent seat allotted to Africa in the United Nations Security Council, African countries have began to lock horns...
Rugby: Zimbabwe faces Wales in Dubai, S. Africa upbeat
The 2009 World Rugby Sevens World Cup kicks off today in Dubai with Zimbabwe taking on Wales this evening. Zimbabwe side is...
South African children to get expensive new vaccine
South Africa is set to become the first country in Africa to provide its children with a life-saving vaccine that experts say could prevent...
South African star lies about Chris Brown rape, Lawyer embarrassed
South African musician Khanyisile Mbau who was quoted in the media claiming US R&B star Chris Brown sexually molested her during his visit to...