South Africa awaited news on the health of Nelson Mandela on Thursday, as President Jacob Zuma called for calm.
Conservationists warn that if poaching continues at the current rate, the number of killings will outstrip the new births.
Fifa praised SA for pulling off the World Cup’s group matches without incident, as the second round kicked off with Ghana the continent’s last hope.
South Africa whipped itself into a World Cup frenzy on Wednesday as the national side paraded through Johannesburg.
President Jacob Zuma revealed his HIV status on Sunday as he launched a scaled-up counselling and testing campaign aimed at stemming the pandemic.
Sitting on tree stumps in a semi-circle, men wait patiently for a woman in a brightly coloured Venda dress to dish out her marula fruit beer.
Public outrage over President Jacob Zuma’s out-of-wedlock child has raised the stakes for his State of the Nation address on Thursday, analysts say.
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/ 1 February 2010
For thousands of Zimbabweans who flee their troubled country, the Central Methodist Church in downtown Johannesburg is the only home they know.
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/ 10 September 2009
The European Union is not ready to end its sanctions against Zimbabwe, Sweden’s Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said on Thursday.
As SA’s unemployment lines keep growing in its first post-apartheid recession, Johannesburg’s sidewalks are increasingly crowded with street traders.