The new frontier for Irish higher education: AfricaTrinity is exploring student exchange schemes, joint degrees and collaborative research opportunities with African collegesSat Aug 17 2019 - 09:00
South Africa’s corruption watchdog back in courtCalls for dismissal of public protector amid concerns over competence and neutralityMon Aug 12 2019 - 01:00
Drought and cyclone put Zimbabweans on brink of starving, UN saysAid target rises to €331m as humanitarian disaster feared in southern African countryWed Aug 07 2019 - 18:24
Department ‘ignored’ advice on third-level educationFormer Higher Education Authority chief criticises Government ‘control’ over sectorTue Aug 06 2019 - 02:47
Inquiry told ANC sold farmers ‘pipe dream’Alleged corruption involved Indian family and South African officialsThu Jul 25 2019 - 18:10
Jacob Zuma reverses move to pull out of South Africa corruption inquiryFormer president had decided to stop co-operating with the investigationFri Jul 19 2019 - 18:33
Jacob Zuma rejects claim Gupta family shaped choice of ministersSouth African public sector corruption inquiry investigates role of former leaderTue Jul 16 2019 - 18:09
Jacob Zuma: corruption allegations are an ‘international conspiracy’Former SA president tells inquiry that he and Gupta business family were just ‘friends’Mon Jul 15 2019 - 21:00
Jacob Zuma employs scattergun approach to target his enemiesAnalysis: The former South African president’s nervousness during the commission inquiry is at odds with his earlier easinessMon Jul 15 2019 - 20:21
Former SA president Jacob Zuma to appear before graft inquiryOne-time ANC chief accused by whisleblowers of various offences, including briberySun Jul 14 2019 - 17:24
South African voters pulled to the extremes as race rears its ugly headCape Town Letter: Disillusionment with corruption-tainted ANC spurs voter flightWed Jun 05 2019 - 01:00
Ramaphosa cuts cabinet size amid pressure on corruptionEqual number of men and women named as ministers for first time in South AfricaThu May 30 2019 - 17:57
Ramaphosa to outline government aims at inaugurationANC leader to be sworn in as South Africa’s fifth post-apartheid president in PretoriaFri May 24 2019 - 17:42
Zuma employing ‘Stalingrad defence’ as legal stalling strategyCourt told former S African president delaying prosecution on corruption chargesThu May 23 2019 - 18:56
Jacob Zuma graft trial: Prosecutors accused of biasFormer SA president’s legal team apply for stay of prosecution on 16 corruption chargesMon May 20 2019 - 18:54
Ramaphosa tells investors cabinet restructuring to kick-start economySA president maintains only those fit for purpose would be appointed to executiveSat May 18 2019 - 05:34
White farmers in Zimbabwe get $64m in state compensationRobert Mugabe’s agrarian policy saw up to 4,000 farmers removed from their landFri May 17 2019 - 19:07
ANC has Ramaphosa to thank for minimising losses in South AfricaTime will tell if the president secured big enough victory to quell the factionalism in the ANCSat May 11 2019 - 01:00
Smaller parties claim South Africa’s general election was fixedOfficial outcome may be delayed while independent audit of results is carried outFri May 10 2019 - 20:33
ANC on course to suffer losses but win South Africa electionEarly election results indicate party’s worst performance since end of apartheidThu May 09 2019 - 18:21
Ramaphosa promises end to corruption in South AfricaPresident urges voters to return ANC to power, saying it has learned from its mistakesWed May 08 2019 - 18:25
ANC faces drop in support as South Africa goes to the pollsFormer liberation movement’s popularity among electorate on wane over Zuma scandalsTue May 07 2019 - 17:28
Evicted farmers in Zimbabwe to receive government compensationThe evictions were carried out under former president Mugabe’s land reform programmeMon May 06 2019 - 16:45
Magashule on a mission to win votes for ANCCan political grandstanding and free T-shirts make up for the corruption scandals?Sat May 04 2019 - 06:00
Rise in violent protests ahead of South African general electionProtesters say sanitation, endemic crime and high unemployment among grievancesFri Apr 26 2019 - 01:00
SA lawyers found unfit to hold office lacked ‘reliability and integrity’Report into numerous complaints made against the pair leaked to the mediaThu Apr 25 2019 - 17:32
ANC races to clean up its candidates list amid fear of losing votersParty says it will remove ‘delinquent’ nominees ahead of crucial South African electionMon Apr 15 2019 - 01:00
South Africa: Crime fighting ‘weakened’ by police corruption, inquiry hearsFormer head of police oversight body says ‘blue curtain’ stonewalled investigationsThu Apr 11 2019 - 19:26
Man accused of murdering Dubliner in Cape Town claims self-defenceCongolese cleaner alleges charity worker John Curran tried to rape him in his apartmentTue Apr 09 2019 - 13:47
ANC defends its secretary general after kickbacks claimsBook revelations about ‘Mr Ten Percent’ are a blow to ruling party’s re-election campaignMon Apr 01 2019 - 20:22
Jacob Zuma set up illegal unit to spy on opponents – reportFormer SA president accused of ‘serious breaches of constitution, policy and law’Mon Mar 11 2019 - 18:45
South African company accused of corruption placed into liquidationAfrican Global Operations, known as Bosasa, said scandal shut off access to bank servicesTue Feb 19 2019 - 05:07
Threats to doctors and lawyers who aided protesters in Zimbabwe condemnedZimbabwe’s president says search has begun for lawyers, doctors and nurses who assisted civilians during protests over the economyMon Feb 18 2019 - 21:10
South African corruption allegations threaten a historic upsetRuling ANC vows to act amid fears a growing scandal could end its 25-year dominanceMon Feb 11 2019 - 01:10
South Africa whistleblower Angelo Agrizzi charged with corruptionFormer Bosasa executive one of four people arrested over fraud in prison services sectorWed Feb 06 2019 - 18:15
Dublin-based firm drawn into South African corruption scandalOil and gas company Falcon is accused of offering contracts for changes to fracking lawThu Jan 31 2019 - 05:56
Former Bosasa executive says company paid cash bribes to Jacob ZumaCEO of firm accused of corruption allegedly hand-delivered bribe to former SA presidentMon Jan 28 2019 - 18:54
SA corruption whistleblower: Boss could tell former president Zuma ‘what to do’Angelo Agrizzi is set to continue his testimony at a public inquiry into political corruptionSun Jan 27 2019 - 16:27
Bail hearing for man accused of murdering John Curran postponedThe Irish charity worker (60) was found stabbed to death in Cape Town last NovemberWed Jan 23 2019 - 14:15
South Africa's senior ruling politicians publicly accused of taking regular bribesEnvironment minister received bribes for years, former Bosasa executive tells inquiryMon Jan 21 2019 - 21:49
Whistleblower claims ANC got vast bribes in South Africa inquiryAngelo Agrizzi alleges Bosasa firm laundered money for African National CongressFri Jan 18 2019 - 18:51
‘Some of us searched for weapons and were ready to fight’Eyewitness initially thought Nairobi terror attack was a gas blast in nearby restaurantWed Jan 16 2019 - 21:26
Zimbabwe’s government ‘cuts internet access’ in wake of protestsFive reported killed in clashes on Monday during protests over rising fuel pricesTue Jan 15 2019 - 17:20
Wild Geese: Ian Kirk, South AfricaIreland and South Africa ‘are grappling with trying to ensure everyone is treated fairly’Thu Jan 03 2019 - 18:30
Deep divisions exposed in South Africa’s mining stand-offVillagers in Xolobeni opposed to mining say they have been attacked and intimidatedMon Dec 31 2018 - 01:00
Corruption allegations take the shine off South Africa’s ‘kingmakers’The leaders of the radical left-wing EFF party have been accused of receiving looted moneyTue Dec 18 2018 - 01:00
Jacob Zuma must repay taxpayer for funds spent on his legal defenceSouth African court rules Mbeki accord to pay fraud and corruption trial costs illegalThu Dec 13 2018 - 17:16
John Curran murder accused refuses to abandon bail applicationCourt hears the accused has been illegally residing in South Africa since 2015Mon Dec 03 2018 - 11:06
Man (24) appears in court over murder of John Curran in South AfricaDublin teacher was found dead in his apartment in Cape Town earlier this monthMon Nov 26 2018 - 13:11
Man (24) charged with murder of John Curran in South AfricaDublin teacher was found dead in his apartment in Cape Town earlier this monthSun Nov 25 2018 - 11:39
