Recent News Headlines : South Africa

MAKHADO MINE: FLASHPOINT FOR TENSIONS OVER SOUTH AFRICA'S PRO-COAL POLICIES


A campaign by locals and farming businesses to halt a large opencast mine highlights a far wider conflict over South Africa's continued addiction to coal... READ MORE

26th January, 2017 212

SOUTH AFRICA: WHITE MEN IN COURT OVER COFFIN ATTACK


The degrading attack sparked demonstrations and caused outrage on social media with hundreds of South Africans condemning the men's behaviour under the hashtag coffinAlive... READ MORE

25th January, 2017 1505

AFRICA ECO RACE: PAOLO CECI CLINCHES STAGE 6


France's Dominique Housieaux completed the podium, 14 seconds further back while fellow countryman Guillaume Gomez and Russia's Vladimir Vasilyev finished fourth and fifth respectively... READ MORE

10th January, 2017 2

SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMY NEEDS RADICAL TRANSFORMATION, ZUMA SAYS


Radical economic transformation remains at the core of our economic strategy, Zuma said in his keynote address... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 45

SOUTH AFRICA'S ANC MARKS 105 YEARS AMID DEEP DIVISIONS


South Africa's ruling African National Congress is marking 105 years since it was formed but there are deep divisions in the ranks of Africa's oldest liberation movement... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 611

JACOB ZUMA CALLS FOR ANC UNITY, ADMITS MISTAKES


President Jacob Zuma calls for end to ANC infighting as South Africa's ruling party marks 105 years since its formation... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 746

JACOB ZUMA'S EX-WIFE GIVEN BOOST IN SOUTH AFRICA LEADERSHIP RACEA


Zuma has previously said that South Africa is ready for a female president... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 244

ZUMA'S EX-WIFE GETS BOOST IN SOUTH AFRICA LEADERSHIP RACE


The chances of South African President Jacob Zuma's ex-wife, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, becoming the next leader of the African National Congress were given a... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 1

2014 CHICAGO POLICE SHOOTING OF FLEEING MAN JUSTIFIED


Attorneys for Johnson's family have alleged officers planted the gun and have filed a wrongful death lawsuit... READ MORE

18th December, 2016 15

DIRTY LAUNDRY: WASHING LINE ART HIGHLIGHTS SOUTH AFRICA'S RAPE EPIDEMIC


While South Africa undisputedly has the highest rates of rape in the world, estimates on the number of assaults each day vary greatly... READ MORE

2nd December, 2016 419

BEING A 'SUPERHERO': HIV VACCINE VOLUNTEERS


Being a 'superhero' the south african volunteers trialing a hiv vaccine... READ MORE

2nd December, 2016 549

JACOB ZUMA: SOUTH AFRICA'S 'TEFLON PRESIDENT' ESCAPES PARTY BACKLASH


South African President Jacob Zuma has escaped a potential no-confidence vote by members of his ANC party... READ MORE

30th November, 2016 99

A.N.C. REJECTS CALLS FOR JACOB ZUMA TO QUIT SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENCY


It lost control of major cities, including Johannesburg and Pretoria, in local elections, and experts attributed the results to Mr. Zuma's poor standing... READ MORE

30th November, 2016 80

FIDEL CASTRO, A SOUTH AFRICAN HERO


Angola survived in large part because Cuba sent its soldiers to give their lives for the freedom of the people of Angola, Namibia and South Africa... READ MORE

30th November, 2016 2716

LARGEST AND MOST ADVANCED HIV VACCINE TRIAL TO START IN SOUTH AFRICA


The new vaccine aims to provide greater and more sustained protection and has been adapted to the HIV subtype that predominates in southern Africa... READ MORE

28th November, 2016 55

MILITARY VETERANS TRAIN RANGERS IN SOUTH AFRICA


Military veterans have found a new role in south Africa's poaching war... READ MORE

28th November, 2016 0

PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA REPORTEDLY FACES NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE


South Africa's scandal-plagued President Jacob Zuma is facing a vote of no confidence by the ruling party's executive committee, media reported on Monday... READ MORE

28th November, 2016 183

HIV VACCINE TEST HOPES FOR BREAKTHROUGH IN COMBAT AGAINST THE VIRUS


But researchers chasing the holy grail of a vaccine think they could have better success in South Africa, because of a number of modifications... READ MORE

27th November, 2016 1043

NEW HIV VACCINE TRIAL TO START IN SOUTH AFRICA


The new vaccine aims to provide greater and more sustained protection and has been adapted to the HIV subtype that predominates in southern Africa... READ MORE

27th November, 2016 31

BORN A CRIME: TREVOR NOAH CHARTS HIS RISE FROM SOUTH AFRICA'S TOWNSHIPS


But there was an extraordinary buffer between this brutal world and Noah, as his autobiography, Born a Crime Stories from a South African Childhood, makes clear... READ MORE

25th November, 2016 276

SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE NAB CHINESE MAN WITH 18 RHINO HORNS


GAUTENG, SOUTH AFRICA - South African police Thursday said they had arrested a Hong Kong-bound Chinese man found with 18 rhino horns hidden in his luggage... READ MORE

25th November, 2016 0

S AFRICA PROBES DAVID MAHLOBO LINKS TO RHINO SMUGGLING


South African police have launched an investigation into alleged links between the country's security minister and a Chinese rhino horn smuggler, according to the government... READ MORE

17th November, 2016 287

MIDDELBURG: PROTESTS OVER SOUTH AFRICA COFFIN ASSAULT


Hundreds of South Africans condemned the white men's behaviour on social media under the hashtag coffinAlive... READ MORE

16th November, 2016 2063

PROTESTS OUTSIDE SOUTH AFRICAN COURT AS MEN CHARGED OVER COFFIN ATTACK


The victim, Victor Rethabile Mlotshwa outside Middleburg court... READ MORE

16th November, 2016 336

A BLOODY GIFT IN THE SHAPE OF A SOUVENIR


In many instances diplomats bring home rhino horn as a status symbol... READ MORE

14th November, 2016 300

ANGER AND OUTRAGE OVER WIDESPREAD RHINO HORN POACHING


Our corruption is endemic in every sphere of the wildlife industry... READ MORE

13th November, 2016 627

EXCLUSIVE: S AFRICAN MINISTER LINKED TO RHINO POACHING


Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit has uncovered evidence of high level political connections to rhino poaching in Africa... READ MORE

13th November, 2016 42582

DUTCH POLICE DETAIN PROTESTERS BEFORE SAINT NICHOLAS ARRIVAL


A far-right demonstrator and supporter of the Dutch Saint Nicholas holds a pro Black Pete banner in Maassluis, Netherlands... READ MORE

13th November, 2016 7

S AFRICA'S JACOB ZUMA SURVIVES NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE


South Africa's ruling ANC votes against motion to remove Zuma as opposition increases calls for him to leave office... READ MORE

10th November, 2016 211

S.AFRICA WANTS TO WORK WITH US IN PROMOTING PEACE


Zuma made the remarks while congratulating US President-elect Donald Trump on winning the presidential elections, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation DIRCO said... READ MORE

10th November, 2016 457

Trending News Headlines : South Africa

BIGGEST ELEPHANT KILLED IN AFRICA FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF CECIL THE LION


Individual elephants such as these should be accorded their true value as a National Heritage and should be off limits to hunting... READ MORE

15th October, 2015 46301

REALITY CHECK: TRUMP'S VIEW OF STATE OF BLACK AMERICA REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WRONG


But in 1921, marauding white mobs, some dropping dynamite from airplanes, killed scores of black people... READ MORE

23rd September, 2016 10609

CALL TO REMOVE GANDHI STATUE OVER 'RACIST VIEWS'


The truth about the South African Gandhi is uncomfortable, Desai said... READ MORE

21st September, 2016 10431

SIR ROGER MOORE ON CECIL THE LION


People who get their amusement from hunting and killing defenceless animals can only be suffering from a mental disorder... READ MORE

30th July, 2015 9895

WHAT DID MAHATMA GANDHI THINK OF BLACK PEOPLE?


Gandhi objected that Indians were classed with the natives of South Africa, who he called the kaffirs, and demanded a separate entrance for Indians... READ MORE

2nd September, 2015 8874

SOUTH AFRICA'S LONG WALK TO DECLINE


Omar al-Bashir who has tormented Sudan for 26 years was an honoured guest of Mr Zuma at an African Union summit in Johannesburg... READ MORE

19th June, 2015 7782

'LOOK LIKE A GIRL A?? THINK LIKE A MAN'


Bic South Africa posted the ad on its Facebook page to celebrate national women's day... READ MORE

11th August, 2015 5090

SOUTH AFRICA FREEZES TUITION FEES AFTER PROTESTS


I'm so excited, said Nonsikelelo Nako, 24, a student from the University of South Africa who was participating in the march... READ MORE

23rd October, 2015 4634

AUTHORITIES: JERICHO THE ZIMBABWE LION IS ALIVE


The Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority also released a photograph of Jericho that it said was taken Sunday morning, the Associated Press reported... READ MORE

2nd August, 2015 4166

OUTCRY FOR CECIL THE LION COULD UNDERCUT CONSERVATION EFFORTS


Trophy hunting is often difficult to detach from an era of unquestioned white privilege in Africa, Mr. Dorrington, 56, said... READ MORE

11th August, 2015 4080

CAN THULISILE MADONSELA SAVE SOUTH AFRICA FROM ITSELF


Madonsela was appointed South Africa's public protector by Zuma himself in 2009 and is used to controversy... READ MORE

16th June, 2015 3995

KILLING OF CECIL THE LION PROMPTS CALLS FOR EU BAN ON IMPORTING LION TROPHIES


Zimbabwe - along with Namibia, Tanzania and South Africa - is listed as 'positive', ie with a sustainable enough population of lions to accommodate hunting... READ MORE

27th July, 2015 3853

AMERICAN HUNTRESS SPARKS FURY BY POSTING SELFIE WITH DEAD GIRAFFE IN SOUTH AFRICA


Her first showed her crouching over the prone form of a massive kudu a kind of African antelope with a white-striped body and spiralling horns... READ MORE

3rd August, 2015 3792

MUTILATED RHINO TREATED WITH ELEPHANT SKIN BANDAGE


A rhino injured after poachers mutilated its face to pull out its horns is being treated with a bandage made from an unusual source elephant skin... READ MORE

16th August, 2015 3322

MAN MAY HAVE PAID $55K TO KILL AFRICA'S MOST FAMOUS LION


A Game of Thrones editor, recently killed by a lioness in South Africa, was raising money to combat poaching... READ MORE

27th July, 2015 3007

PROTESTS OVER BLACK GIRLS' HAIR REKINDLE DEBATE ABOUT RACISM IN SOUTH AFRICA


Outrage over the Pretoria girls' claims is part of a broader debate that has gained traction in South Africa in the past year... READ MORE

3rd September, 2016 2773

BLACK PETE: DOCUMENTARY SHOWS HOW LONDONERS, INCLUDING RUSSELL BRAND, RESPOND TO A??RACISTA?? CHRISTMAS TRADITION


These helpers are the Black Petes mostly played by white people in blackface, and represented as jolly, acrobatic and prone to making mistakes... READ MORE

5th December, 2014 2619

WEAK POWER GRIDS IN AFRICA STUNT ECONOMIES AND FIRE UP TEMPERS


South Africa, which has the continent's only nuclear power plant, has around half of sub-Saharan Africa's power generating capacity, roughly 44 gigawatts... READ MORE

2nd July, 2015 2461

ZIMBABWE CALLS FOR EXTRADITION OF DENTIST WHO KILLED CECIL THE LION


Muchinguri's remarks come as the White House faces mounting pressure to address a petition for Palmer's extradition to Zimbabwe... READ MORE

31st July, 2015 2420

HUNTED TO THE BRINK, BUT AFRICA'S REVILED VULTURES ARE VITAL IN FIGHT AGAINST DISEASE


In South Africa, workers at the VulPro vulture conservation programme treat poisoned vultures with atropine and charcoal to try to help them recover... READ MORE

16th October, 2016 2242

SOUTH AFRICAN MERCENARIES FIGHT AGAINST BOKO HARAM


They're relics of apartheid, Jakkie Cilliers, executive director of the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria, said of the South African mercenaries in Nigeria... READ MORE

12th March, 2015 2173

SA APARTHEID ASSASSIN GIVEN PAROLE


Related Stories South African apartheid-era death squad commander Eugene de Kock has been granted parole after 20 years in jail... READ MORE

30th January, 2015 2022

ON FOUR CONTINENTS, HISTORIC DROUGHTS WREAK HAVOC


South Africa's government said parts of the country are seeing their worst drought since 1992... READ MORE

26th July, 2015 1963

'THERE WAS BLOOD IN THE SAND. MY IMMEDIATE RESPONSE WAS ANGER'


And he said that the one positive side of Cecil's death was that it was going to raise important questions about conservation and hunting... READ MORE

28th July, 2015 1942

FIRST BLACK LEADER OF SOUTH AFRICAS OPPOSITION SEEKS TO UNSEAT THE ANC


He grew up in Soweto, South Africa's best-known black township, his father working for a company that makes locks and his mother as a cashier... READ MORE

24th July, 2015 1831

USING SOUTH AFRICAA??S VERSION OF THE N-WORD MAY SOON MEAN JAIL TIME


JOHANNESBURG -- After thieves broke into her car, a white South African motorist lashed out at the responding black police officers... READ MORE

27th October, 2016 1792


De Klerk, South Africa's last white president, but neither of them alluded to the Dalai Lama... READ MORE

12th December, 2014 1774

SOUTH AFRICA 'TO WITHDRAW FROM WAR CRIMES COURT'


South Africa has formally begun the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court ICC, accusing it of bias against Africa, media say... READ MORE

21st October, 2016 1772

WHY I BELONG AS A BLACK WOMAN IN THE WHITE WORLD OF INDIE


This birthed Blackfork - her annual headcount of black people she sees at Pitchfork festival, Chicago... READ MORE

15th September, 2016 1766

SOUTH AFRICA HIGH COURT SAYS ALLOWING BASHIR TO LEAVE VIOLATED CONSTITUTION


Bashir, who had been in South Africa to attend an African Union meeting with other African leaders, was already halfway to Khartoum, Sudan's capital... READ MORE

15th June, 2015 1718


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