Africa: South Africa

South Africa and Wales played each other at the World Cup four years ago, with the Boks edging the Welsh 23-19 in the quarter-finals at Twickenham. By LIONEL BONAVENTURE (AFP/File)

Demos, mud, new stadium: South Africa v Wales classics

2 hours ago

South Africa and Wales will meet in Sunday's Rugby World Cup semi-final in Yokohama. The Springboks have won 28 of th ...

South Africa's Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula

Reshaping The Forces : South Africa’s Defence And ...

21 hours ago

South Africa rsquo;s Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula, remembers the day ...

South Africa scrum-half Faf de Klerk scored a try in the second half. By Kazuhiro NOGI (AFP)

South Africa end Japanese dream at Rugby World Cup

Oct 20, 2019

South Africa broke Japanese hearts with a 26-3 quarter-final victory on Sunday to set up a Rugby World Cup semi-final ag ...

Coal is cheap and plentiful in South Africa, and an environmental nightmare according to climate groups. By Wikus DE WET (AFP)

S.Africa to increase coal-fired energy, sparking c...

Oct 18, 2019

South Africa's government announced Friday that the country would increase its use of coal-fired energy, provoking outra ...

Michael Leitch (L) will lead Japan against Siya Kolisi's South Africa. By Charly TRIBALLEAU, Anne-Christine POUJOULAT (AFP)

Rugby World Cup: Japan v South Africa quarter-fina...

Oct 18, 2019

Three head-to-heads for the Rugby World Cup quarter-final between hosts Japan and South Africa in Tokyo on Sunday: [B ...

Aluminium giant Rusal has decided to reopen an aluminium refinery in Guinea closed since 2012. By CELLOU BINANI (AFP/File)

Oil, diamonds and nuclear power: Russia eyes Afric...

Oct 18, 2019

While Russia has traditionally focused on arms and grain exports to Africa, it is now looking to broaden its activities ...

Rolling blackouts in South Africa earlier this year hit productivity and sparked outrage. By Phill Magakoe (AFP/File)

S.African govt apologises for rolling blackouts

Oct 18, 2019

South Africa's deputy president apologised Thursday for rolling blackouts that could pose a threat to the fragile econom ...

UN High Commissioner for refugees and South Africa...

Oct 17, 2019

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has concluded on Tuesday a two-day visit to South Africa and met ...

Imperial Road Safety Programme Launched

Oct 17, 2019

Imperial Logistics ( lsquo;Imperial rsquo;), a leading international supply chain and logistics company, is proud to ...

South Africa wing Cheslin Kolbe was named in a full-strength side. By Anne-Christine POUJOULAT (AFP)

Kolbe back as South Africa at full strength agains...

Oct 17, 2019

Electrifying speedster Cheslin Kolbe was named on the wing as South Africa announced a full-strength team on Thursday fo ...

Foreigners in Marabastad, in the Pretoria area, try to save their belongings after their shacks were set alight in last month's attacks. By Phill Magakoe (AFP)

Foreigners in S.Africa appeal to be relocated afte...

Oct 16, 2019

Hundreds of foreign nationals on Wednesday took to the streets of Cape Town, demanding to be relocated from South Africa ...

Mara opens South Africa smartphone factory to serv...

Oct 16, 2019

Mara Group's CEO Ashish Thakkar has invited South African president Cyril Ramaphosa to cut the ribbon at the company's s ...

Zuma dismissed the corruption charges as a conspiracy. By MICHELE SPATARI (POOL/AFP)

S.Africa's Zuma delays corruption trial with appea...

Oct 15, 2019

The corruption trial of South Africa's embattled former president Jacob Zuma has been delayed again after his lawyer ann ...

S.Africa's Zuma to appeal against corruption trial

Oct 15, 2019

South Africa's embattled former president Jacob Zuma will appeal against a court ruling that he stand trial on corruptio ...

Zuma, pictured in court on Tuesday, filed a last-minute appeal against corruption charges. By MICHELE SPATARI (POOL/AFP)

S.Africa's Zuma files last-minute appeal at corrup...

Oct 15, 2019

South Africa's embattled former president Jacob Zuma will appeal a court ruling that he stand trial on corruption charge ...

The ruling African National Congress (ANC) party forced Zuma to resign as president last year. By MIKE HUTCHINGS (POOL/AFP)

South Africa ex-president Zuma faces court on corr...

Oct 15, 2019

South Africa's embattled former president Jacob Zuma is expected in court on corruption charges on Tuesday, in what woul ...

The number of crimes involving sexual offences was 4.6 percent higher in the year to March 2019, compared with the previous 12 months. By Phill Magakoe (AFP)

S.African police march against gender-based violen...

Oct 15, 2019

More than a thousand police officers marched against gender-based violence in South Africa's capital Pretoria on Monday ...