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Tsvangirai still going empty handed ?
Zimbabwe's major opposition party has revealed that the two days of power-sharing talks with the ruling Zanu-PF have ended without any agreement.
President...
Industrial evolution from the bottom up
Most of Africa is in a deepening state of de-industrialisation. Even mighty South Africa, once a contender in the same leagues as Brazil...
ANC decides on early general elections
The ANC National Executive Committee has decided against holding an early general election.
The ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) has decided against holding an early...
Mbeki meets Zimbabwe leaders again
South African leader, who is now viewed as Zimbabwe's president is yet again expected in Harare in a bid to push ...
South African Economy picks up
South Africa’s economy on Tuesday offered a glimmer of hope amid the global gloom as new data showed it expanded by 4.9 per cent...
Botswana says no to SADC summit due to Mugabe’s …
Highly critical of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, the President Seretse Khama Ian Khama of Botswana has decided to boycot a summit of the Southern...
S.A. defence minister says country is vulnerable
South Africa’s Defence Minister says the entire ministry has only 20 pilots left under its ranks.
Minister of Defence, Mr. Mosiuoa Lekota, says the...
Trade Unions’ boycott : The last straw to break Mugabe’s back ?
Trade unions in Zimbabwe’s neighbouring countries have agreed to ratchet up the pressure on Robert Mugabe’s regime by staging a one-week boycott of all...
Zuma slammed by South African press
Zuma, who is widely tipped to become the next President of South Africa, was back in Pietermaritzburg this week for a two-day hearing on...
Thabo Mbeki threatened with a lawsuit
Daniel Shunba the leader of the United People’s Party (UPP) plans to sue Mbeki if he is not immediately included in the on-going...
South Africa joins Nigeria to condemn and reject Mauritanian coup
The South African government has joined the international community in condemning the military coup in Mauritania.
Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Ronnie Mamoepa said South...
Initiations, Circumcisions and Deaths : A South African headache
When Steve Matlhabela, 16, left his home on a chilly June morning to visit some relatives in a village not far from his in...
Malawian education ministry slams South African printer
Embarrassed by a massive examination paper leakage, the Malawian education ministry on Monday blamed a South African printer for “security laxity”.
About 80,000 students has...
Zuma says he is ‘prepared to die’ as legal hearings begin
A calm and relaxed Jacob Zuma, South Africa's ruling party chief Jacob Zuma sat in the accused’s dock in the Pietermaritzburg High Court yesterday,...
Zuma’s corruption trial grips international press
This week's Constitutional Court ruling, removing the biggest legal obstacle to the corruption trial of African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma rocked South...
South Africa and Egypt want Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir’s arrest for war crimes delayed
Egypt and South Africa again said they supported a 12-month delay of the arrest of Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir for war crimes. The Sudanese...
Mbeki set to pressure Mugabe to give in to opposiotion demands
South African President Thabo Mbeki was due in Zimbabwe Wednesday for talks with President Robert Mugabe on the adjourned crisis negotiations aimed at ending...
S.A. Police search for three women for kidnapping and raping a man
South African police in Rustenburg have launched a manhunt for three women who held a 53-year-old man for three days, robbed him...
Zimbabwean wins M-NET Idol contest for East and Southern Africa
Budding Zimbabwean musician Eric Moyo won the inaugural M-Net Idols contest for East and Southern Africa at the weekend, winning US$80,000 and a music...
Zimbabwean delegates shift attention to hotel for lack of luxury
Delegates to Zimbabwe’s power-sharing talks are shuttling from one guesthouse to another in South Africa with some complaining that their rooms do not...
Rowdy Namibian footballers could face charges from South African hotel
Suspected drunk Namibia soccer team players went on the rampage in Witbank, South Africa, on Saturday night, trashing a room at their hotel...
Mbeki defends cautious line over Mugabe
Thabo Mbeki, president of South Africa, has defended his cautious approach to the Zimbabwe crisis in talks with European Union leaders determined to weaken...
Zuma’s court appearance may trigger violence
JACOB ZUMA, South Africa's ruling ANC president would be going to the courts in August and already warning of violence have been issued by...
Mbeki at first SA-EU summit in France
South African President Thabo Mbeki is expected in France Friday where he will attend the first European Union-South Africa summit, official sources announced.
Shortly on...
White South Africans also suffer
Hundreds of community leaders from at least 40 different informal settlements in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday gathered under the aegis of the "Solidarity Helping...
Threats of general strike in South Africa
Tens of thousands of strikers brought Johannesburg to a halt on Wednesday in protest at rising electricity prices and living costs, as trade unions...
Several Policemen caught in a credit sex scandal with protitutes
SCORES of senior police officers in South Africa are embroiled in a embarrassing row- for allegedly having sex with prostitutes “on credit”.
The officers...
South African media salute Nelson Mandela at 90
It is no ordinary birthday, as news that Nelson Mandela turned 90 on Friday made headlines throughout South Africa all week.
Millions of people around...
Happy 90th Birthday !
Nelson Mandela has a double celebration today as he marks 10 years of marriage to his third wife Graca Machel — the only woman...
Police storm refugee camp in South Africa
As South Africa prepared to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday, police stormed a refugee camp on Thursday in southern Johannesburg to release four security...