Ruling MPLA declared winner of Angola electionTHE MPLA, the ruling party in Angola, was declared the winner of the general election by state media yesterday, despite opposition…Mon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Outrage as SA miners face murder chargesSOUTH AFRICA’S justice minister yesterday called on the national prosecution authority to explain its decision to charge 270 …Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Threats and allegations mar election run-upWIDESPREAD CLAIMS that Angola’s ruling MPLA party is combining a violent intimidation campaign with vote-rigging to win the August…Wed Aug 29 2012 - 01:00
SA miners allegedly tortured in police custodyMORE THAN two-thirds of the 260 miners arrested after violent clashes with police in South Africa earlier this month have allegedly…Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Uproar at service for 44 killed in mine violenceA MEMORIAL service for 44 people who died during the mine violence in South Africa recently degenerated into farce yesterday …Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Tensions abate as SA mine owners drop threat to fire workersTENSIONS OUTSIDE the South African mine where dozens of striking miners were killed by police last week abated somewhat yesterday…Wed Aug 22 2012 - 01:00
South African miners face charges after bloody protestA GROUP of 259 miners arrested after violent clashes with police in South Africa last Thursday that left 34 of their colleagues…Tue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
Deaths of 35 put South African police on defensiveSOUTH AFRICA’S police were forced to defend their actions yesterday after violent clashes on Thursday between armed officers …Sat Aug 18 2012 - 01:00
Israel angry as South Africa discourages visitsISRAEL AND South Africa have become embroiled in a diplomatic row over the latter’s decision to publicly state that its official…Thu Aug 16 2012 - 01:00
South African ambition goes into orbitALTHOUGH IT will be some time before they compete with the likes of Nasa, whose Curiosity rover landed on Mars this week, a growing…Sat Aug 11 2012 - 01:00
Cries of cronyism as public billed for 'Zumaville'YESTERDAY MARKED the deadline for town planners to submit their plans assessing the physical and economic viability of building…Sat Aug 11 2012 - 01:00
South African gets 25 years for murder of honeymoonerONE OF the South African men charged with the kidnap and murder of Swedish honeymooner Anni Dewani in Cape Town in 2010 was given…Thu Aug 09 2012 - 01:00
Concern over UN forum in ZimbabweDOUBTS ABOUT Zimbabwe’s ability to host a United Nations tourism conference next August have surfaced after a senior state official…Tue Aug 07 2012 - 01:00
Fulfil vision of 'rainbow nation', Robinson tells South AfricaSOUTH AFRICA must realise its opportunities before its humanity will fully emerge, former Irish president Mary Robinson yesterday…Mon Aug 06 2012 - 01:00
ANC struggles to adapt as voters grow disillusionedANALYSIS: Some within the ANC fear that unless the party embraces change, it is heading for an irreversible declineThu Aug 02 2012 - 01:00
South African drug trials lead to TB breakthroughA NEW drug combination being tested for the first time in South Africa on people suffering from tuberculosis has proved to be…Thu Jul 26 2012 - 01:00
Scathing report of South Africa's delivery of services cites financial irregularitiesTHE SCALE of South Africa’s service delivery problems was laid bare yesterday with the release of a report that revealed only…Wed Jul 25 2012 - 01:00
Zimbabwe's constitution seen as flawed by local stakeholdersA NEW constitution developed by Zimbabwe’s main political parties that paves the way for general elections has been widely criticised…Tue Jul 24 2012 - 01:00
Jailed South African police chief gets medical paroleSOUTH AFRICA’S prison authorities have denied that former police chief Jackie Selebi, who was released from jail yesterday on…Sat Jul 21 2012 - 01:00
South Africa celebrates Mandela's birthdayNELSON MANDELA’S 94th birthday party was a low-key affair, according to family members who spent the day with him yesterday, …Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Mandela family feud casts shadow over birthday celebrationA MANDELA family feud involving the African National Congress party has cast a shadow over former South African president Nelson…Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
South Africa halts distribution of 'blacklisted' HIV testing kitTHE DISTRIBUTION and use of 4Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Train hits truck in South Africa, killing 24 workersAT LEAST 24 farmworkers in South Africa were killed yesterday morning when the truck in whcih they were travelling was hit by…Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
War veterans warn Angolan government against non-payment of pensionsTHOUSANDS OF Angola’s war veterans who have gathered in the country’s capital Luanda to protest against non-payment of pensions…Wed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
Minister pledges mining licences to security forcesZIMBABWE’S MINING minister Obert Mpofu has publicly promised the country’s security forces he will give them gold, diamond and…Wed Jul 04 2012 - 01:00
New Zealand under-20 rugby tour player charged with rapeA MEMBER of the New Zealand under-20 rugby squad participating in the IRB Junior World Championship in Cape Town has been charged…Tue Jun 26 2012 - 01:00
Township crime triggers 'necklacing'VIGILANTE RESIDENTS in Cape Town’s largest township have turned to the apartheid-era practice of “necklacing” to tackle criminals…Tue Jun 26 2012 - 01:00
ANC conference likely to reveal fault lines on leadershipDELEGATES ATTENDING the African National Congress’s policy conference this week will debate South Africa’s economic future but…Mon Jun 25 2012 - 01:00
Court told of Rwandan leader's genocide linksA RWANDAN general who fled to South Africa two years ago has claimed in a court hearing in Johannesburg that his country’s current…Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
A river runs below it: Africa's hidden reserveSCIENTISTS HAVE mapped the location of vast reservoirs of underground water across Africa that could be used to help counter …Fri Jun 22 2012 - 01:00
ANC military veteran chiefs took funds for personal use - reportLEADERS OF the African National Congress’s former military wing have received hundreds of thousands of euros from its veterans…Sat Jun 16 2012 - 01:00
Army's pay withheld in diamond disputeTHE FINANCE ministry in Zimbabwe has upped the stakes in the battle to ensure the government benefits from the country’s Marange…Fri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
Speculation in South Africa over INM's plansTHE ONGOING financial woes at Independent News and Media in Dublin has sparked widespread debate about media diversity in South…Thu Jun 14 2012 - 01:00
Malawi cancels summit plan over Sudan disputeTHE MALAWIAN government has said it will not host an African Union summit in July because the continental body has insisted that…Tue Jun 12 2012 - 01:00
Alliance's insistence on reform before elections a blow to Mugabe powerTHE HOPES of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe of extending his political career were dealt a blow last weekend by the decision…Tue Jun 05 2012 - 01:00
Telescope project may hinder frackingSOUTH AFRICA’S recent success in securing the majority of the world’s biggest radio telescope project has jeopardised the plans…Thu May 31 2012 - 01:00
Zimbabwe minister accuses politicians of looting gemsZIMBABWE’S FINANCE minister has publicly accused a small clique of top politicians of looting gemstones from the country’s controversial…Tue May 29 2012 - 01:00
BBC presenter arrested for allegedly working without permit in ZimbabweA BBC Radio 3 classical music presenter arrested in Zimbabwe last Thursday for allegedly working without a permit remained in…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
S Africa to host most of world's biggest astronomy projectSOUTH AFRICA has won the right to host the vast majority of the world’s biggest astronomy project, a development local scientists…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Board recommends dismissal of SA police commissionerTHE CREDIBILITY of South Africa’s police leadership was dealt a significant new blow yesterday by reports that a board of inquiry…Sat May 26 2012 - 01:00
ANC lawyer breaks down in case to ban Zuma portraitTHE EMOTIONAL nature of the public debate surrounding a painting of South African president Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed…Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Farmhand convicted of murder of South African supremacistONE OF the two farmhands accused of beating to death white supremacist leader Eugene Terre’Blanche at his farmhouse in South …Wed May 23 2012 - 01:00
Malawi's president hopes to overturn anti-gay lawMALAWIAN PRESIDENT Joyce Banda has told the nation she intends to repeal the country’s ban on homosexuality along with a number…Mon May 21 2012 - 01:00
Court rules SA failing to provide textbooksSOUTH AFRICA’s dysfunctional state school system has come under scrutiny following a high court ruling on Thursday that the government…Sat May 19 2012 - 01:00
FW de Klerk views on separate states spark outrageAN INTERVIEW in which South Africa’s last white president, FW de Klerk, reportedly defended the notion of racially separate states…Mon May 14 2012 - 01:00
Ruling may force restrictions on accused Zimbabwe officialsZIMBABWEAN OFFICIALS accused of committing human rights abuses will have to think twice before travelling to South Africa in …Wed May 09 2012 - 01:00
Infighting at Zanu-PF as factions look to eventual controlTHE FACTIONALISM dividing the leadership in Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party has spread to its lower structures…Sat May 05 2012 - 01:00
Overcrowding could see over 35,000 prisoners released in South AfricaTHE SOUTH African government has said it could release more than 35,000 convicted criminals from their sentences over the coming…Tue May 01 2012 - 01:00
SA police refusing to patrol without gunsSOUTH AFRICA’S police unions have warned that the recent disarming by senior management of a fifth of the country’s 160,000- …Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
ANC youth leader Malema loses expulsion appealSOUTH AFRICAN youth leader Julius Malema’s political career was left in ruins yesterday following the African National Congress…Thu Apr 26 2012 - 01:00
