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South Africa seeks over 4,000 foreign doctors
With more South African doctors now working abroad than in the country's ailing public health sector, the government needs to start aggressively recruiting health...
South African Presidency : One foot in for Zuma
Jacob Zuma, the leader of South Africa’s ruling party, strengthened his hold on power over the weekend as his right-hand man assumed a cabinet...
Leader of illegal immigration ring arrested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is being used by scores of illegal immigrants from the Great Lakes region as a gateway into South Africa, the Herald Online...
Forced circumcisions, abuse and death of boys at initiation camp send shock waves
Nearly 100 boys at an initiation school in South Africa have been taken to the hospital after three teenagers, allegedly kidnapped a month...
Foreign footballers in South Africa face precarity as COSAFA enters knockout stage
African soccer players based in South Africa who have been offloaded by South African Clubs could be deported if they fail to find new...
Apologies from the man who announced Zambian president’s death and why he did it
THE person who allegedly tipped a South African radio station last week that Zambian leader Levy Mwanawasa had died has apologised.
Zambia media reports today...
Strikes and more strikes as trade unions call for Thabo Mbeki’s resignation over ESKOM affair
South Africa’s powerful labour movement has told Thabo Mbeki and his cabinet ministers to “dismiss themselves” for ignoring Eskom’s warning in the late 1990s...
South Africa 2010 World cup under no threat unless …
Only a major natural disaster will take the 2010 World Cup from South Africa, Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke has stressed.
Valckle assured South...
Nelson Mandela’s new R5 coin : South Africans told not to hoard it
Not many world leaders will have coins minted for them. But one much loved icon, former South Africa president Nelson Mandela had his R5...
Mbeki in Zimbabwe to mediate between MDC and Zanu-PF
President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa arrived in Zimbabwe Saturday for talks with President Robert Mugabe and other political leaders to try and break...
Big Brother Africa III to be banned for immorality ?
Nigeria's House of Representatives has threatened to ban the forthcoming Big Brother Africa III (BBA III), an African reality television show, from the country's...
South Africa insists on a transitional and not unity gov’t in Zimbabwe
An echo of Zimbabwe's past is increasingly being viewed as the only peaceful solution left to save the country from itself.
South African President...
South African winemaking a non-pecuniary industry the first 200 years
Take a hard-nosed investment banker out of the toughest business environment there is and transplant him to the gentler, quirkier world of winemaking, and...
ANC to bring Zuma rape accuser back to SA from Netherlands to apologise
The ANC leadership is reported to be keen to have Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser brought back from the Netherlands to apologise for making...
South African rugby player Bakkies could appeal for French move
South Africa Springbok world cup winner lock Bakkies Botha looks to be staying at the Blue Blues after being denied a French...
Mugabe’s poverty ridden bastard son talks
A 68 year old South African man has made shocking claims that "Robert Mugabe is my blood.”
Edward Motaung is craving to hock up...
Mbeki overlooks justice and extends Selebi’s contract
Thabo Mbeki has extended the contract of suspended national police commissioner Jackie Selebi by 12 months, reports say.
This is despite various charges of corruption...
SADC leaders snub Thabo Mbeki
Southern African leaders will hold an emergency meeting in Swaziland Wednesday to discuss the crisis in Zimbabwe without key negotiator - South Africa's President...
Nigerian born South African to head international climate change body
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has appointed top African scientist John Kilani to head its sustainable development unit, charged with...
Mugabe’s taste for power distances him from closest allies
With his opponent withdrawn by default from Friday's crunch poll, veteran Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will be sworn in for a new five-year term,...
Mbeki withholding information pertaining to Zimbabwe meeting
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa Sunday called for the postponement of Friday’s presidential run-off elections in Zimbabwe, saying the deteriorating situation will not warrant ...
Chinese are now Black, rules South African court
IN A landmark ruling, the Pretoria High Court (South Africa) ruled on Thursday that South Africa’s 10000 strong ethnic Chinese community are...
Thabo Mbeki meets Robert Mugabe today
South African leader Thabo Mbeki is to visit Zimbabwe Wednesday morning for talks with Robert Mugabe.
State radio, quoting "reliable sources" says Mbeki...
ANC youth leader vows to kill for Zuma
South Africa’s ANC Youth League (ANCYL) leader Julius Malema has vowed that the youth of South Africa would die in supporting ANC President Jacob...
Kenyan football gets a facelift from South Africa
The South African government is offering Kenya a football coach and other technical assistance, Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on Saturday.
And to set the...
Sierra Leone shocks Bafana Bafana in 2010 World Cup/ CAN qualifiers
Sierra Leone's National football squad Leone Stars on Saturday shocked South Africa's Bafana Bafana 1-0 in their 2010 World Cup/ CAN qualifying match played...
Free Trade Arrangement reached by SADC countries
The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) countries have agreed to allow over 80 percent of goods to be exported to fellow member states...
National mourning for victims of xenophobic violence
Rocked by Xenophobic violence, South Africa has set a side a day of national mourning later this month in honour of those killed in...
Zambian victims, including children, of South African Xenophobic violence return home
Twenty Zambians, affected by the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa, have been repatriated back home, Zambia's High Commissioner to South Africa Leslie Mbulu...
South Africans find new ways of drastically beating high fuel prices
Burdened by record high petrol prices cheeky motorists in South Africa have devised strategies of beating the high prices. Just fill up and speed...