A 14-year-old boy named Wonder clambers out of the ocean and on to Durban’s South Beach, exhausted after hours of surfing, and collapses on the sand.
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/ 17 November 2009
South Africa is polishing up for the global spotlight during the Soccer World Cup draw in two weeks, eager to show it’s ready for the games.
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/ 25 October 2009
Onias was 16 years old when he ran away from his home in rural Zimbabwe. Schools were shuttered and his village had run out of food.
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/ 18 October 2009
Workers trudge through foul-smelling mud in a trench seeping with clean drinking water and raw sewage in one of the Harare neighbourhoods.
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/ 14 September 2009
When Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a power-sharing deal with Morgan Tsvangirai a year ago, the pact was hailed as a breakthrough.
African leaders reached a compromise early on Friday on the powers of a new regional authority that will coordinate key policies.
Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cancelled his visit to Libya on Wednesday, sparing an African Union summit a diplomatic dilemma.
Klaas Kekana was surprised to find that he and his friends were seated in different parts of the stadium when they went to see Italy play the US.
Teenage footballers who dream of becoming star South African professionals are taking up ballet to give them the edge on the field.
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/ 4 February 2009
Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi’s drive to create a ”union government” for all of Africa has instead heightened divisions on the continent.