BEING A 'SUPERHERO': HIV VACCINE VOLUNTEERS

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

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›

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›

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›

MILITARY VETERANS TRAIN RANGERS IN SOUTH AFRICA

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

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TB RATES SOARING IN WEST AFRICA, WHO WARNS

We recommend that efforts be put in place for containment of a potential west African TB epidemic at the earliest possible stage... READ MORE›

CORRUPTION REPORT INCREASES PRESSURE ON ZUMA

South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress ANC, said on Wednesday that it was studying the report and would comment on it on Thursday... READ MORE›

JACOB ZUMA DROPS BID TO BLOCK CORRUPTION REPORT

The surprise move on Wednesday came as thousands of people began to take to the streets of the administrative capital, Pretoria, to demand his departure... READ MORE›

HOW BIKE LANES IN SOUTH AFRICA ARE STIRRING UP DEBATE ABOUT RACISM AND CLASS

There was just one problem with the new bike lanes No one seemed to know what to do with them... READ MORE›

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›

ATTACK CLAIMED BY AL-SHABAAB KILLS 12 IN KENYAN GUEST HOUSE

At least a dozen people were killed by Somali militants in the Kenyan border area of Mandera Tuesday... READ MORE›

SOUTH AFRICA TO WITHDRAW FROM INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane this week formally notified the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, of South Africa's intention to withdraw from the international court... READ MORE›

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›

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›

'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›

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›

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›

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›

Anyone arriving from affected West African countries without having had confirmed contact with Ebola victims will be subject to monitoring by public health officials... READ MORE›

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›

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›

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›

HUGE RISK OF EBOLA SPREAD, WARNS UN

Haaretz sierra leone bearing brunt of ebola outbreak needs more beds 47 hrs ago... READ MORE›

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›

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›

TROPHY HUNTING JUST PART OF THE STORY BEHIND DECLINING LION NUMBERS IN AFRICA

Lion numbers are in steep decline across Africa, but trophy hunting is only partly responsible for the long-term losses, say conservationists... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE WHY JOAN COLLINS CHOSE TO CONFIDE IN BRAVE MISS WORLD FILMMAKER LINOR ABARGIL ABOUT TEENAGE RAPE TRAUMA

But he added that there were still, by some estimates, 1,000 to 2,000 new Ebola cases a week -- the bulk of those now in Guinea and Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

SOUTH AFRICA BARS AMERICAN PASTOR WHO CALLS GAY PEOPLE 'PERVERTS'

After the outcry from the LGBT community, Anderson said he didn't plan to focus on the issue of homosexuality while in South Africa... READ MORE›

JAPAN BEATS SOUTH AFRICA IN BIGGEST SHOCK IN RUGBY WORLD CUP HISTORY

Japan caused the biggest upset in Rugby World Cup history as replacement Kame Hesketh scored a dramatic last-minute try to beat two-time winners South Afri... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE EBOLA NURSES ON STRIKE

The clinic, in Bandajuma near Bo, is the only Ebola treatment centre in southern Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

AFRICA SETS UP $28.5M CRISIS FUND

Of the West African countries hit by the 11-month outbreak, Liberia has seen the most deaths... READ MORE›

WHITE SCHOOLS VS BLACK HAIR

Until we dismantle the continued white domination of post-apartheid South Africa, Mr. Mandela's children will not find freedom in the Rainbow Nation... READ MORE›

RHINOSA?? HORNS TO BE FITTED WITH SPY CAMERAS AND ALARMS

There are up to 600,000 African elephants but about 35,000 a year are killed by poachers... READ MORE›

GENOME STUDIES SHOW HOW EBOLA SPREAD INITIALLY

It has continued to be among the versions of the virus propagating in Guinea and later in Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

ALLISTER SPARKS SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNALIST WHO CHALLENGED APARTHEID DIES AT 83

A fifth-generation South African, Mr. Sparks was descended from the country's original British settlers, who arrived in 1820... READ MORE›

EBOLA 'STABLE' IN GUINEA - WHO

Refused entry Guinea has not been as badly hit by Ebola as neighbouring Sierra Leone and Liberia... READ MORE›

SOUTH AFRICA POLICE SCUFFLE WITH MPS

South Africa's opposition is usually divided in parliament... READ MORE›

Her ruling represented a victory for South African prosecutors who had suffered setbacks in two high-profile trials... READ MORE›

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›

OBAMAS POWER AFRICA PROJECT IS OFF TO A SPUTTERING START

Nigerian officials say that while they welcome the Power Africa initiative, they have only had conversations about potential projects... READ MORE›

INQUIRY BLAMES SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE IN KILLINGS OF MINERS AT MARIKANA

A pivotal moment it cemented public frustration with the government and the problem of income inequality in South Africa... READ MORE›

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›

SHOCKING FACEBOOK VIDEO OF UGANDAN NANNY ABUSING TODDLER RACKS UP 30M VIEWS

Please read our A video of a toddler being abused by her nanny has shocked Uganda after the child's father posted the footage on Facebook... READ MORE›

MILITARY IN BURKINA FASO CONFIRMS COUP

While Burkina Faso has largely been spared from extremist violence, a Romanian national was abducted in April, and a Mali-based jihadi group claimed responsibility... READ MORE›

OBAMA TELLS CAUTIONARY TALE IN ATHENS AS GREEK LEFTISTS TAKE TO THE STREETS

Drawing a broad lesson from the election of Donald Trump, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that world leaders need to pay attention to people's very rea... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA RAISES POSSIBILITY OF DEBT RELIEF ON FINAL GREECE VISIT

A prosperous Greece would not only be good for the Greeks but good for Europe and ultimately the world, he said... READ MORE›

SUPERMOON: WORLD'S SKYWATCHERS SEEK CLEAR SKIES FOR RARE SIGHT

Skygazers took to high-rise buildings, observatories and beaches to get a glimpse of the closest supermoon to Earth in almost seven decades, and snap dramatic pictures... READ MORE›

OBAMA WILL GET MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT TRUMP ON LAST MAJOR TRIP

For months, Obama lent credence to those concerns as he urged Americans to reject Trump... READ MORE›

AMERICAN PSYCHO SYSTEM A 'CO-WORKER OF GOD'

US President Barack Obama made his eighth - and final - address to the United Nations General Assembly this week... READ MORE›

OBAMA SAYS US, RUSSIA CLOSER TO SYRIAN CEASEFIRE DEAL, BUT 'NOT THERE YET'

We're not there yet, Obama said, following a meeting with U.K... READ MORE›

'WHERE DOES THIS STOP?': OBAMA BLASTS TRUMP'S MUSLIM BAN

However, radicalization is further aided by incendiary language and actions against Muslims, Obama said... READ MORE›

LIBYA AFTERMATH 'WORST MISTAKE' OF PRESIDENCY

US President Barack Obama says the worst mistake of his presidency was failing to prepare for the aftermath of toppling Libyan leader Col Gaddafi... READ MORE›

OBAMA, HOLLANDE MEET AS RUSSIAN JET DOWNING COMPLICATES CAMPAIGN

The two leaders met 11 days after terrorists tied to Islamic State killed 130 people in and around Paris... READ MORE›

OBAMA'S FOUR-SUMMIT TRIP DID NOT ALWAYS GO ACCORDING TO SCRIPT

As Obama prepared to wrap up a four-summit trip in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, he faced difficult challenges on his return to Washington... READ MORE›

HUNGARY CLOSES BORDER TO REFUGEES AS TURKEY QUESTIONS EU DEAL TO STEM CRISIS

The Turkish leader also challenged the Europe to take Ankara's bid for EU membership more seriously... READ MORE›

IN U.N. ADDRESSES, OBAMA, PUTIN DUEL OVER SYRIAN CRISIS, FATE OF ASSAD

U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin clashed Monday over their competing visions for Syria, with Obama urging a political trans... READ MORE›