The portrait is a lurid splash of colour outside the SA National Gallery in a nod to Vladimir Tretchikoff who was blackballed by the art world.
South Africa’s economy bounced back strongly from recession with 4.8% growth in the first quarter of 2011 but still faces rampant unemployment.
Hate and passion flares in rural SA when Thuli meets Jake in a locally flavoured romance novel with a feisty black heroine and hunky Zulu man.
Jacob Zuma faced pressure on Thursday to map out concrete steps to fight massive unemployment with nearly one in four people jobless in South Africa.
President Jacob Zuma will on Thursday address SA after asking for input from users of Twitter and Facebook, who said they want jobs and no corruption.
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/ 8 February 2011
Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell is targeting potential untapped shale gas reserves in South Africa where landowners are readying for a showdown.
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/ 7 November 2010
Waving his index finger into the balmy heat, the taxi driver barely pauses while driving through the hub of international diamond dealers.
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/ 28 October 2010
In Zimbabwe, where just 700 rhinos remain, anti-poaching units face military-like armed gangs.
SA’s economy will grow a better-than-expected 3% this year but this will be too slow to tackle soaring unemployment, the finance minister has warned.
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/ 26 October 2010
The crack of bats on balls at the Harare Sports Club rouses cheers as Zimbabwe hosts their first New Zealand cricketing visitors in five years.