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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

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

PROTESTING STUDENTS CLASH WITH POLICE IN SOUTH AFRICA


South African police have used tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades against students protesting for free education in Johannesburg... READ MORE

5th October, 2016 1973

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

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

STUDENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA PROTEST SLOW PACE OF CHANGE


Mr. Mahapa 23 grew up in a village with only black South Africans and he graduated at the top of his high school class... READ MORE

9th September, 2015 717

TWO DIE IN SOUTH AFRICA FOOTBALL STADIUM CRUSH


What happened at FNB Stadium is very unfortunate, SAFA president Danny Jordaan, said in a statement... READ MORE

30th July, 2017 717

ANC SUFFERS MAJOR ELECTION SETBACK IN SOUTH AFRICA


Under its first black party leader, Mmusi Maimane, since last year, the Democratic Alliance appears to have made inroads even in A.N.C... READ MORE

5th August, 2016 667

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

SOWETO UPRISING 40 YEARS ON: THE IMAGE THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD


But Zongezile Makhubo insists that, despite all the problems facing South Africa and Soweto 40 years after the uprising, he is hopeful... READ MORE

16th June, 2016 591

'I DON'T HAVE TO LOOK UP TO ANYONE' HOW TO THINK LIKE A SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLGIRL


Every August South Africa marks the moment in 1956 when 20 000 women marched against apartheid laws restricting the movement of black people... READ MORE

13th August, 2015 327

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

JOHANNESBURG FOOTBALL STADIUM CRUSH KILLS TWO


The circumstances of the crush, at the 87,000-capacity FNB stadium in Johannesburg, are not yet clear... READ MORE

29th July, 2017 233

JULIUS MALEMA VOWS TO SEIZE WHITE-OWNED LAND


The ANC, which has ruled since its iconic leader Nelson Mandela took power in 1994, showed in 2014 national elections that it still had overwhelming support... READ MORE

1st May, 2016 230

SOUTH AFRICA'S LONG-RULING ANC FACES A CRITICAL TEST IN LOCAL ELECTIONS THIS WEEK


A man passes an African National Congress political poster in the township of Khayelitsha on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Aug. 1, 2016... READ MORE

2nd August, 2016 171

REVEALED WORLD S TOP 10 SAFEST AIRLINES TRAVEL NEWS


Selebi was appointed police commissioner in 2000 by Thabo Mbeki, South Africa's president... READ MORE

24th January, 2015 170

TUTU OFF INTENSIVE TREATMENT BUT REMAINS HOSPITALIZED


JOHANNESBURG AP -- Desmond Tutu's foundation says the retired archbishop has completed treatment for an infection but will remain in the hospital for observation... READ MORE

19th July, 2015 166

SOUTH AFRICANS HEAD TO POLLS AMID FIERCE CHALLENGE TO PARTY OF MANDELA


Experts say that disappointment with the African National Congress, more than anything else, is increasing support for the Democratic Alliance... READ MORE

3rd August, 2016 166

SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT AGREES TO UNIVERSITY FEE FREEZE AFTER PROTESTS


Video South African president agrees to university fee freeze after protests... READ MORE

23rd October, 2015 165

SHE TELLS IT LIKE IT IS


The languages reflect a diversity that South Africa's white rulers long kept a lid on... READ MORE

17th August, 2017 137

THE STUDENTS WHO CHANGED SOUTH AFRICA


On 16 June 1976, thousands of South African students took to the streets of Soweto to protest against white-minority rule... READ MORE

17th June, 2016 125

TREVOR NOAH EXITS THE SMALL STAGE WITH CHARM IN SELL-OUT SOUTH AFRICAN SHOW


And then coloured people will say, But you're not coloured... READ MORE

2nd July, 2015 96

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 OPENS FREE SCHOOL FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN


A new school for children living with autism has opened in the South African township of Soweto... READ MORE

22nd January, 2016 34

POPULAR SOUTH AFRICAN ACTOR KILLED BY ROBBERS IN JOHANNESBURG


A popular actor in the long-running South African drama series - Generations - has been killed by robbers in Johannesburg on Sunday night... READ MORE

16th May, 2017 17

STAMPEDE KILLS TWO AT WORLD CUP FINAL STADIUM IN SOUTH AFRICA


Updated July 30, 2017 04 55 47 A stampede during a football match at a South African stadium that hosted the 2010 World Cup final has killed two people... READ MORE

29th July, 2017 15

HUNDREDS INJURED AS TWO TRAINS COLLIDE IN JOHANNESBURG


Advertisement A spokesperson for ER24 paramedic service told the BBC that some of the injuries were serious but there have been no fatalities... READ MORE

17th July, 2015 13

PHOTO GALLERY: VIGILS AROUND THE WORLD HONOR VICTIMS OF ATTACK IN ORLANDO


Vigils were held around the world to honor victims of the shooting and massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando... READ MORE

14th June, 2016 13

GLOBAL AIDS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS HOW SOUTH AFRICA'S OUTLOOK HAS CHANGED


But South Africa still leads the world in infections, with 6.8 million people living with HIV... READ MORE

18th July, 2016 6

SEARCH FOR SUCCESSOR TO REVERED PUBLIC PROTECTOR GRIPS SOUTH AFRICA


Penelope Andrews, a respected South African legal scholar, described the office of the public protector as the barometer of the state of South Africa's constitutional democracy ... READ MORE

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