‘Cases reflect class justice; if you are poor and black the system is biased against you’SA has progressive legal system on paper, but in practice ‘there are a lot of abuses’Fri Sept 12 2014 - 01:00
Court clears Pistorius of all murder chargesJudge says evidence against athlete was ‘purely circumstantial’Fri Sept 12 2014 - 01:00
Enough evidence in tapes to get Zuma back to court, says ZilleSouth African opposition leader seeks to have withdrawn corruption charges reinstatedTue Sept 09 2014 - 01:00
Malema’s party threatened with expulsion from South African parliamentEFF MPs anger speaker with repeated calls for Zuma to pay back money they say he owesThu Aug 28 2014 - 01:00
Rise of Grace Mugabe to top political role seen as dynastical power movePresident Mugabe’s wife nominated as sole candidate to lead Zanu-PF women’s leagueMon Aug 18 2014 - 01:00
Hundreds of rhinos to be evacuated from Kruger National ParkMove to protect South Africa’s endangered animals from poachersThu Aug 14 2014 - 01:00
US prepares to renew African Growth ActExtension was a main item on Africa-US summit agendaSat Aug 09 2014 - 01:00
Zimbabwe struggles with faltering economy and political turmoilZanu-PF’s electoral victory 12 months ago has led to a worsening economyWed Aug 06 2014 - 01:00
New legislation to ban foreign nationals from owning land in South AfricaANC against expropriation of property owned by foreigners, estimated to be about 7% of South AfricaSat Jul 26 2014 - 01:01
Apartheid legacy deeply rooted as focus turns to land restitution in South AfricaProgress on reform slow as landowners and state trade blame for delaysMon Jul 21 2014 - 01:00
South African platinum miners end strikeIndustrial action for pay increase affected 40 per cent of global platinum productionMon Jun 23 2014 - 20:00
Tangible effects of 2010 World Cup not equal for all South AfricansLooked at holistically, the middle classes would seem to have benefited the mostMon Jun 23 2014 - 01:00
Assistant's memoir exposes Mandela family power struggleZelda la Grange’s book reveals how family controlled matters at end of Mandela’s lifeMon Jun 16 2014 - 08:44
Frank Gormley’s South African development to be soldDublin developer has multimillion euro debtsThu Jun 12 2014 - 01:00
Mugabe government relaxes rules on foreign-owned firmsZimbabwean indigenisation law to be made more investor-friendlyMon Jun 02 2014 - 01:00
Zuma announces shake-up of South African cabinetPresident makes ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa his second-in-commandMon May 26 2014 - 01:00
South Africa looks to courts to end bitter mine strikeIndustrial action by 70,000 workers has halted nearly 40 per cent of normal production in world’s top platinum-producing countryFri May 23 2014 - 01:10
Malawian election looks to be a four-horse raceEncumbent Joyce Banda will have to fight to retain the presidencyMon May 19 2014 - 01:00
ANC wins election but not by enough for constitutional reformSouth African election hailed as most competitive since end of apartheidSat May 10 2014 - 01:00
South African election passes off relatively peacefullyFirst election for seven-million-strong generation born post-apartheidWed May 07 2014 - 19:30
Zuma defends security upgrades saying his wife was rapedTiming of revelation two days before South African election questioned by criticsTue May 06 2014 - 01:00
Economic Freedom Fighters on rise in South AfricaMalema’s new party is set to make a real impact in the May general electionThu May 01 2014 - 01:00
Cape crusade for key South African electoral battlegroundWestern Cape is the only opposition-run province, and the ANC wants it backMon Apr 28 2014 - 01:01
‘White’ party lures disaffected black South African votersDemocratic Alliance is confident it can win provinces from the ANCFri Apr 25 2014 - 01:00
ANC faces election backlash by disillusioned South AfricansParty losing support amid corruption scandals and economic stagnationSat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00
Jacob Zuma refuses to reimburse taxpayers for upgrade to homeSouth African president claims he did not ask for €16.8m makeoverTue Apr 01 2014 - 01:00
President Zuma ‘benefited unduly’ from €16m security upgrades to homeInvestigation paints damning picture weeks before South African general electionThu Mar 20 2014 - 01:00
Second witness describes sounds of fighting at Pistorius homeEvidence of Estelle van der Merwe a further blow to athlete’s defenceWed Mar 05 2014 - 01:00
Witness tells of blood-curdling screams as Pistorius trial beginsParalympian pleads not guilty to murder of his girlfriend Reeva SteenkampTue Mar 04 2014 - 01:00
Pistorius arrival wrong-foots waiting mediaAthlete walks in through front doorTue Mar 04 2014 - 01:00
Pistorius thanks supporters ahead of start of murder trialStar’s family calls for end to commentary as he prepares to face Steenkamp’s motherMon Mar 03 2014 - 01:00
A shot heard around the worldOscar Pistorius goes on trial for murder on Monday, with a 24-hour TV channel, a live Twitter feed and the world’s media on standby for the court spectacleSat Mar 01 2014 - 01:00
Court documents outline state’s case against PistoriusTrial of South African Paralympian charged with murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp scheduled to begin on March 3rdSat Feb 22 2014 - 01:00
Wild Geese: Conor Fox, director and co-founder of Hestian, MalawiCooking up projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissionsFri Feb 14 2014 - 01:00
Recognition sought for women claimed to be Mandela’s daughtersLawyers say families not claiming funds from estate of former SA leaderTue Feb 11 2014 - 01:00
Mandela’s €3.05m estate divided among family, staff and collegesGraca Machel, wife for former South African president, likely to waive rights to half of estateTue Feb 04 2014 - 01:00
South African activist scraps plan to run for presidencyPact between Mamphela Ramphele and rival opposition party lasted just five daysMon Feb 03 2014 - 17:50
Mamphela Ramphele to stand against ZumaOpposition party hoping to attract black South Africans in presidential pollTue Jan 28 2014 - 23:49
Vitamin-rich crop to help stave off life-threatening diseases in AfricaResearchers at NUIG have identified lines of maize that contain eight times the amount of vitamin A found in traditional maize seedsMon Jan 20 2014 - 01:08
Success of microfinance project sees women benefiting as Malawi economy stabilisesDifficulties have eased for NGOs but political corruption still a threatFri Jan 17 2014 - 01:00
Little evidence of Malawian middle class beyond confines of expat communityPoverty and limited educational chances are more pervasive than any affluenceWed Jan 08 2014 - 01:00
Former Miss Venezuela and ex-husband killed in robberyDepartment of Foreign Affairs investigating after local media reported husband was IrishTue Jan 07 2014 - 17:13
Black middle class drives South Africa’s economic growth as new tensions ariseThe black middle class has expanded rapidly but attitudes remain ingrainedMon Jan 06 2014 - 09:13
Many bid farewell in private rather than at public gatheringsVenues with big screens far from packed to capacity writes Bill Corcoran in Cape TownMon Dec 16 2013 - 08:50
‘We kept going because of Nimrod,’ Dunnes group tell activist’s familySouth African union leader Nimrod Sejake was a huge support to the Dublin strikers during their protestFri Dec 13 2013 - 01:00
South African union hails ‘inspirational’ Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strikersThree former Dunnes workers presented at press conference in JohannesburgWed Dec 11 2013 - 18:26
Obama recalls Mandela’s greatness as Zuma jeeredScenes at memorial event witnessed by 100 dignitaries in stadium and global audience of billionsWed Dec 11 2013 - 01:00
