Soweto has long been a cosmopolitan centre of political and artistic life. The new Soweto Theatre complex is part of an ambitious redevelopment plan.
Alleged terror mastermind Henry Okah has accused his native country’s government of being behind a bombing in which he is to stand trial.
Students have marched in Swaziland, demanding democracy and scholarships, though their small numbers were a far cry from last year’s mass protests.
The first graduate’s of TV star’s academy are ready to take on the world.
Impoverished miners have held a marathon march across a platinum-rich corner of the country to demand Xstrata share more wealth.
Whether Walmart succeeds in buying a controlling share of a major SA chain could affect whether other Americans come to do business on the continent.
An attempt by Madagascar’s toppled president to end his exile in South Africa was thwarted in the air when his plane was forced to turn back.
A fundraising campaign aimed at putting rhino poachers in jail was welcomed on Friday by South African conservationists.
A study shows that Africa is the world’s fastest growing cellphone market, becoming the second biggest user of cellphones after Asia.
The words of little children from an isolated town in rural South Africa may have stopped an international sex predator.
South African scientists are fitting young penguins raised by humans with satellite transmitters so they can track them once released into the wild.
The turmoil in North Africa has hit growth across the continent but may be prompting important indirect political changes.
One of the men accused of trying to kill a former Rwandan general exiled in SA said that Rwandan soldiers were behind the plot, a friend testified.
As she began a tour to learn about the brutality of apartheid, Boipelo Ndaba was skeptical that anything good would come of learning about the dark ch
They found Noxolo Nogwaza’s body in a ditch. The lesbian activist had been stabbed with broken glass, and her teeth had been knocked out.
Cape Town’s Handspring Puppet Company, which created the life-size horse puppets for <em>War Horse</em>, was named a Tony Award winner on Tuesday.
Mozambicans see Mohamed Bachir Suleman’s glitzy shopping mall as a symbol of a modern future for their impoverished country.
Prominent and politically connected businessman Cyril Ramaphosa is taking over McDonald’s restaurants in the country, McDonald’s said on Thursday.
Scientists say they have discovered the first fossil of a dinosaur in Angola, and that it’s a new creature, heralding a research renaissance.
The launch of state-owned mining company is renewing questions about whether South Africa has long-term plans to nationalise the lucrative industry.
